Patient Care Device

Domain Overview

The Patient Care Device Domain is concerned with Use Cases in which at least one actor is a regulated patient care device. The PCD coordinates with other IHE clinical specialty based domains such as medical imaging.

PCD Mission Statement

The IHE Patient Care Device Domain, working with regional and national deployment committees, will apply the proven, Use Case driven IHE processes to:

• Deliver the technical framework for the IHE-PCD domain profiles;
• Validate IHE-PCD profile implementations via Connectathons; and
• Demonstrate marketable solutions at public trade shows.

PCD Vision Statement

The IHE Patient Care Device Domain (IHE PCD) is the nexus for vendors and providers to jointly define and demonstrate unambiguous interoperability specifications, called profiles, which are based on industry standards, and which can be brought to market.

IHE-PCD profiles:

• improve patient safety and clinical efficacy,
• reduce healthcare delivery cost by improving efficiency, reliability, and operational flexibility for healthcare providers,
• enable innovative patient care capabilities, and
• expand the international marketplace for patient care device vendors.

IHE Patient Care Device domain is sponsored by the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and manages the development and maintenance of the PCD Profiles and the PCD_Technical_Framework.

The PCD Site Map shows the organization of the domain's wiki pages.

The PCD wiki index page provides a listing of all pages developed by this domain.

Getting Started

If you are new to either IHE or the Patient Care Device domain, the PCD Getting Started page provides the historical and background information about that domain that will help you determine the best place to plug into their project activities.

Organization

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<PCD Planning Committee>

<PCD Technical Committee>

<PCD Governance>

Roadmap & Schedule

The Roadmap outlines the PCD's goals and plans over the next 5-10 years.

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<PCD Schedule>

Technical Framework & Profiles

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<PCD Profiles>

Profile Development Activity

Four Profiles are in development along with finalizing the PCD-01 Profile developed in Year 1 (2006-7). The four profiles currently under development are listed in PCD Proposals 2007-2008. Contact Manny at efurst@imp-tech.com if you would like to participate, or watch for Public Comment drafts in September 2008.

Profile Selection

The IHE Patient Care Device Domain is working on the 2008-2009 Cycle.

Cycle	Years	Working Pages	Comments/Profiles
3	2008/2009	PCD_Proposals_2008-2009	Current development activity; <ACM>, <DEC-SPD>, <PIV>, <PnP>
2	2007/2008	PCD Proposals 2007-2008	<DEC-PIB>, <DEC-SPD>, <PnP>
1	2006/2007	Device_Enterprise_Communication	<DEC>

Demonstrations & Presentations

Date	Location	Event	Details
2007.02.27	New Orleans, LA	20070227-HIMSSShowcase-IHE-PCD-C.ppt presented at HIMSS Annual Meeting	found at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Patient_Care_Devices/Presentations/
April 2007	Webex Presentation	"Orientation to the PCD" PDF version: 20070404-IHE-PCD-Orientation.pdf	found at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Patient_Care_Devices/Presentations/
Earlier		Earlier presentations are also available	found at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Patient_Care_Devices/Presentations/

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Patient Care Device is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:

• American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)
• Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

See Also

Committees

IHE Patient Care Device Profiles

IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework

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