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Specification Development
IEEE Abstract Information Content (AIC) Model
Create a dramatically simplified information model that retains essential medical information generated by the sensor and removes elements associated with transport and those concepts which have not proved to be of value in the market and thus inhibited their adoption. This work is already underway in IEEE PHD under 11073-10206 to describe content information model in the form of objects and attributes, represent that content model as FHIR resources, and a representation format that would be appropriate for binary transmission.
Bluetooth Generic Health Sensor Service and Profile
Create generic health sensor service and profile to provide a means to communicate a wide range of health-related observations from health sensor devices to collectors. The generic nature is achieved by using a protocol-independent and simplified information model that is based on a standard, recognized healthcare nomenclature system.This enables a single gateway collector to be developed once and be forward compatible with future sensors from any manufacturer that are compliant with this specification. A New Work Proposal is under review by the Bluetooth board.
IHE D2C Observation Upload Profile
Create IHE profile providing implementation guidance on the use of low bandwidth cellular link to exchange observation data captured via the AIC model by a sensor with limited compute resources. This profile can be used to develop a single API that can be used to upload AIC compliant observations to any IHE POU compliant server. This greatly reduces integration time between sensor and server vendors.
IHE Device Control Profile
Create IHE profile implementing industry standard cybersecurity mechanisms for commanding and controlling behaviour of Personal Connected Health devices.
IHE Remote Device Management Profile
Create IHE profile implementing industry standards to provide the ability to manage devices and gateways from the cloud including software updates and configuration data. By way of example, fleet management.
Software Development
AIC stack on PHDs for BTLE CODE implementations of PHDs for five major device specializations (blood pressure, thermometer, hear rate sensor, glucose meter, weight scale, continuous glucose meter, pulse oximeter) using the simplified AIC model and running over BTLE. This enables multiple manufacturers from around the world to rapidly reach global scale as any PHD can communicate with any compliant gateway.
AIC stack on PHDs for cellular
CODE implementations of PHDs for the five major device specializations (blood pressure, thermometer, hear rate sensor, glucose meter, weight scale, continuous glucose meter, pulse oximeter) using the simplified IEEE DIM and running over LTE cat.M1 and/or LTE cat.NB. This enables multiple manufacturers from around the world to rapidly reach global scale as any PHD can communicate with any compliant server.
Update BTLE Manager on PHG
Revise BTLE Manager currently supporting IEEE 11073-20601 based device specializations to instead support IEEE 11073 -10206 based device specializations. This greatly reduces the complexity of the manager and support both IEEE compliant and proprietary devices.
Add D2C connectivity to HFS
Modifications to the HFS CODE software to support reception of IEEE DIM over celluar cat.M1 and cat.NB. This enables medical device and manufacturers and software vendors leverage Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) that is provided direct via cellular Internet of Things (IoT) and zero-touch configuration (no Bluetooth or WiFi pairing) by the patient.
BTLE Manager iOS Implementation
IOS application demonstrating BTLE manager operation with Continua devices
Customer Support
Create, maintain and evolve technical infrastructure (e.g. web site, live chat, FAQs, self-service online troubleshooting, issue tracking, screencasting, tooling) and well trained and empowered staff to provide real-time customer support to help implement CODE software to realize easy adoption and rapid deployment of product compliant to open interoperability standards and profiles.
Closed Source Software Project Create and execute the minimal infrastructure, process administration, release processes and conformity assessment that enables PCHA members an opportunity to develop and demonstrate key capabilities essential to a successful open source software project in a more controlled development environment.
Open Source Software Project
Create and execute the technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, team communication, volunteer management, software development processes, release process, intellectual property rights management, finance management, and conformity assessment required to ensure the successful development of ISO-compliant commercial ready software in the open source software project environment. This will help increase engagement with the development community to improve the software offering and increasing adoption of interoperability solutions.
Test & Tool Development
CTT integration with Gazelle
Complete the integration of the Continua Test Tool with the Gazelle test management platform to simplify and streamline conformance and interoperability testing on demand or during Connectathons and other like events. This involves retrieving test plan from Gazelle then submitting results to Gazelle through a secure web service.
POU procedures and scripts
- Develop POU specific test procedures
- Develop FHIR scripts to implement in CTT
- Remote CAT support
Interoperability Lab on Demand
CAT On-Demand: Establish a year-round testing facility At University of New Hampshire that can be reserved for direct conformance and interoperability testing of devices.
MARCOM
Marketing Communications Playbook
Evolve playbook to define technical marketing strategy then engage and instruct IHE technical teams on how to develop content that would not require as heavy a lift by the MARCOM team to make it channel ready. Key objectives are to increase industry engagement to develop profiles addressing real world healthcare challenges, continually promote these solutions to targeted audiences, and demonstrate their efficacy at Connectathon and like industry events.
Promotion
Work with HIMSS MARCOM to develop brand marketing, communication channels, ongoing customer relations, target audience segmentation. Articulate and correlate social cases, business cases, use cases to help tie profiles to stakeholder benefits.
Messaging
Develop fresh content by identifying market need being fulfilled, target audience, market competition, goals and metrics for marketing initiative, compelling offer that drives specified goals, call to action, detailed workflow to execute to plan, approval process, timeline and budget.
Industry event participation
Participate in HL7, IHE, IEEE, Bluetooth, CTA and like industry events for the purpose of harmonizing and promoting remote patient monitoring solutions.
Automated Insulin Delivery Demonstration
Promote the value of Interoperability and Continuous Open Development Environment (CODE) on the example of Automated Insulin Delivery. Demonstrate how interoperability and CODE can be implemented in a regulated, multi-component system to aid in providing significant medical value and relevance.