Device informatics / interoperability standardization has been progressing in parallel within HL7 Devices, IHE Devices, and IEEE 11073 standards committees. Although these efforts are generally well coordinated, there is an increasing need to ensure strong linkages between the specifications, especially between FHIR and IEEE 11073 SDC (Service-oriented Device Connectivity), which provides a service-oriented device-to-device plug-and-trust architecture. The latter is tailored for the most acute, medical grade device connectivity applications (e.g., operating room and ICU), incorporating  medical content reporting, alerting and external control (including closed-loop clinical apps/SAMD). FHIR supports interoperability across the broad landscape of health information exchange, including integration of device-sourced content and services. The project will include the development of HL7 V2 "gateway" profiles / implementation guides such as the IHE DEV Device-Enterprise Communication (DEC) profile and the Alert Communication (ACM) profile.  This project ensures the coordinated and cohesive development of FHIR profiles, extensions and implementation guides, as well as IEEE 11073 SDC-based IHE profiles to enable the next generation of device interoperability standardization.

IHE Devices (this is a Gemini project approved by the steering committee May 2020) IHE Devices Domain Device Point-of-Care Interoperability (IHE DEV/DPI) Program IEEE 11073 Point-of-Care Device (PoCD) Working Group ISO TC215/WG 2 Health Informatics / Systems & Device Interoperability ISO/TC215 & IEC/SC62A Joint Working Group 7 (JWG7) Health software and health IT systems safety, effectiveness and security Materials created in this project will integrate work being advanced in IEEE 11073 standards as well as IHE profiles related to SDC connectivity, namely Service-oriented Device Point-of-care Interoperability (SDPi) profiles.