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The IEEE 11073 service-oriented device connectivity family of standards defines a communication protocol for point-of-care medical devices. The main purpose is to enable manufacturer-independent medical device-to-device interoperability. Furthermore, interconnection between medical devices and medical information systems is enabled. However, IEEE 11073 SDC does not compete with established and emerging standards like HL7 v2 or HL7 FHIR. IEEE 11073 SDC is part of the established ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards.
IEEE 11073 SDC is based on the paradigm of a service-oriented architecture. The IEEE 11073 SDC family of standards currently comprises three parts: Core Standards, Participant Key Purpose standards, and Devices Specialisation standards. The Core Standards consist of a transport standard, ISO/IEEE 11073-20702, called Medical Devices Communication Profile for Web Services, a Domain Information and Service Model , and Architecture and Binding definition. While the three Core standards have been approved and published by the IEEE as well as by ISO, PKIPs and DevSpecs are currently under development.
The concepts have been technically and clinically evaluated. Comprehensive demonstrators were shown, for example, at the conhIT exhibitions 2016 and 2017.