Representing Patient Vital Signs

Type	Standard / Implementation Specification	Standards Process Maturity	Implementation Maturity	Adoption Level	Federally required	Cost	Test Tool Availability
Standard	LOINC®	Final	Production		Yes	Free	N/A
Standard	ISO/IEEE 11073 Health informatics - Medical / health device communication standards	Final	Production		No	$	Yes Yes

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration	Applicable Value Set(s) and Starter Set(s)
See Section I - Units of Measure for discussion of units of measure used with quantitative observations. See LOINC collaboration with IEEE for information on the Medical Device Code Mapping Table, which provides linkages between LOINC terms and IEEE EMB/11073 standard. ISO/IEEE 11073 is a family of standards for point-of-care medical device communication, with specific standards within the 11073 family that support collection of vital signs from medical devices, including: IEEE P11073-10404: Device Specialization - Pulse Oximeter IEEE 11073-10406: Device Specialization - Basic electrocardigraph (ECG) IEEE P11073-10407: Device Specialization - Blood Pressure Monitor IEEE 11073-10408: Device Specialization - Thermometer IEEE P11073-10415: Device Specialization - Weighing Scale IEEE 11073-10417: Device Specialization - Glucose Meter See LOINC projects, and Continua CODE for Healthcare in the Interoperability Proving Ground.	Vital Sign Result urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.88.12.80.62

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration

Applicable Value Set(s) and Starter Set(s)

See Section I - Units of Measure for discussion of units of measure used with quantitative observations.
See LOINC collaboration with IEEE for information on the Medical Device Code Mapping Table, which provides linkages between LOINC terms and IEEE EMB/11073 standard.
ISO/IEEE 11073 is a family of standards for point-of-care medical device communication, with specific standards within the 11073 family that support collection of vital signs from medical devices, including:
- IEEE P11073-10404: Device Specialization - Pulse Oximeter
- IEEE 11073-10406: Device Specialization - Basic electrocardigraph (ECG)
- IEEE P11073-10407: Device Specialization - Blood Pressure Monitor
- IEEE 11073-10408: Device Specialization - Thermometer
- IEEE P11073-10415: Device Specialization - Weighing Scale
- IEEE 11073-10417: Device Specialization - Glucose Meter
See LOINC projects, and Continua CODE for Healthcare in the Interoperability Proving Ground.

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