PCD Detailed Profile Proposal Cycle6 LTS

Proposed Work Item: Location Tracking Services [LTS]

• Proposal Editor: Steve Merritt / Ken Fuchs / Ben Mannisto
• Editor: TBA
• Date: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
• Version: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
• Domain: Patient Care Device

Standards & Systems

• Examples listed here for reference only
• ISO/IEEE 11073-10101 Health informatics — Point-of-care medical device communication — Part 10101: Nomenclature, First edition, 2004-12-15. ISO and IEEE, 2004.

• The ‘Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM).

• Health Level 7, version X.X
  • There was some work done in HL7 v3.
  • Adaptation of the HL7 v2 OBX messaging structure could be used.

Technical Approach

New actors

Some new actors may include:

• • Data Types to be stored include:

• • Query types may include:

Impact on existing integration profiles

• Location information could be included in other profiles or used to extend other profiles. For example knowing the location of an alarm could be beneficial.

Support & Resources

The LTS has received support from:

• AIMS
• Baystate Health
• Mindray
• IBM
• Capsule
• Emergin
• SIS
• Ekahau
• Renovo
• VA
• Cisco
• Aeroscout
• Philips

Risks

Technical risks include:

• Complexity of
• Lack of participation

Political risks include:

• ???

Tech Cmte Evaluation

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Effort Evaluation (as a % of Tech Cmte Bandwidth):

• Typical for new profile development

Responses to Issues:

See italics in Risk and Open Issue sections

Candidate Editor:

TBA