Patient Care Device
Domain Overview (Scope)
The Patient Care Device Domain is concerned with use cases in which at least one actor is a regulated patient-centric point-of-care medical device that communicates with at least one other actor such as a medical device or information system.
The PCD domain coordinates with and supports other domains, such as Radiology (medical imaging), Laboratory, and Cardiology to ensure consistency in use cases involving regulated medical devices as they occur throughout the Enterprise.
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.
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.
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 Wiki Map shows the organization of the domain's wiki pages.
The PCD general wiki index page provides a listing of all pages developed by this domain.
The PCD Meetings page provides a listing of all the meeting announcement and minutes pages.
The PCD Google Groups provides a listing of all the Google email groups related to 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
All IHE domains are organized into Planning and Technical committees. The following links
Additionally, the IHE PCD not only supports IHE processes, but also operational rules that address its unique needs:
Roadmap & Schedule
The Roadmap outlines the PCD's goals and plans over the next 5-10 years.
Technical Framework & Profiles
Connectathons and Showcases
The IHE PCD participats in the annual IHE North American Connectathons and HIMSS IHE Showcases.
Demonstrations & Presentations
| Date | Location | Event | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008.10.09 | Sturbridge, MA | IHE PCD Presentation to New England Society of Clinical Engineers | [Powerpoint file] |
| 2008.07.08 | Webinar presentation | "Patient Care Devices" presentation in IHE Webinar Series | [Powerpoint file] |
See PCD Presentations for presentations on additional topics.
See this FTP directory for earlier general PCD presentations and other related presentations: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Patient_Care_Devices/Presentations/
Tool Support
Supporting the implementation and testing of IHE PCD profiles requires a number of tools.
Specific information on PCD test tooling is available on the PCD Testing and PCD Tools wiki pages.
More general IHE profile support is on the Implementation tools and guidance wiki page.
Supporters and Endorsements
IHE Patient Care Device is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:
See Also
IHE Patient Care Device Profiles
IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework
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