IDCO

Implantable Device - Cardiac - Observations (IDCO) communicates implantable cardiac device data to EMRs and device management systems.

Summary

This Supplement adds a new profile to the IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework describing a means to transfer information from an interrogated implantable cardiac device to information management systems. This profile is named Implantable Device – Cardiac – Observation or IDCO for short.

Benefits

Cardiac physicians follow patients with implantable cardiac devices from multiple vendors. These devices are categorized as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, and cardiac monitor devices. As part of patient follow-up an interrogation of a cardiac device is performed (either in-clinic or from a remote location). Information is collected about the device such as device identification, therapy settings, device diagnostics, and device testing. These interrogations are performed by vendor proprietary equipment. To improve workflow efficiencies Cardiology and Electrophysiology practices require the management of “key” summary implantable rhythm control device interrogation information in a central system such as an electronic health record system (EHR) or a device clinic management system. To address this requirement, the Implantable Device – Cardiac – Observation (IDCO) Profile defines a standards based translation and transfer of summary device interrogation information from the interrogation system to the information management system. With the increased use of EHR systems, the networking of in-clinic and remote follow-up systems for implanted cardiac devices, and the continued growth of the implantable cardiac device market, the importance of this profile to clinicians has become more acute. Strong device and EHR vendor participation in the IDCO profile development is an acknowledgement of this importance. As the IDCO Profile and associated standards continue to evolve there is little doubt that the use of this profile will be a critical component of comprehensive cardiac care.

Details

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Systems Affected

• EHR systems may store, manage, and/or display IDCO reports.

Actors & Transactions:

Specification

Profile Status: Trial Implementation

Documents:

• IDCO Technical Framework Supplement

Underlying Standards:

• HL7

This page is based on the Profile Overview Template