Integration and Interoperability for Wireless Healthcare Devices

Regulations, Protocols, and Connectivity Standards Initiatives

Research Report

Wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks have the potential to bring great flexibility to the healthcare market but they will not be widely adopted unless issues surrounding integration and interoperability are carefully considered and resolved. Standardization is still an ongoing process. The significant demand for standardization has led to a number of initiatives from regulatory and industry-led groups.

This Research Report examines the existing regulations and protocols that can be leveraged to help standardize connectivity in the wireless sensor healthcare market, as well as highlighting areas in which additional standards are required and are being developed.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Wearable Wireless Devices (WWD) in Healthcare Systems, 2
    • 1.1. Interoperability and Integration of WWD in Healthcare, 2
    • 1.2. Interoperability, 2
      • 1.2.1. Wireless Coexistence and Interoperability, 2
      • 1.2.2. RF Integration, 3
      • 1.2.3. Existing RF Standards and Regulations, 4
    • 1.3. Integration, 5
      • 1.3.1. ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010, 5
      • 1.3.2. Non IEEE Wireless Protocols Defined for Personal Health Device use under 11073-20601, 6
      • 1.3.3. Data Exchange Interoperability, 6
    • 1.4. In-Development, 7
  • 2. Moving Forward - Key Industry Initiatives, 8
    • 2.1. Continua Health Alliance, 8
      • 2.1.1. Continua and WWD Interoperability, 8
      • 2.1.2. RF Unification, 8
      • 2.1.3. Continua and WWD Integration, 9
    • 2.2. The Proprietary RF route to Wireless Sensors Adoption, 10
    • 2.3. General Electric and the FCC NPRM, 10

Charts

  1. Professional On-Site Healthcare Wearable Wireless Device Market 2010-2015