The scope of this standard is to establish a normative definition of communication between personal
telehealth peak flow monitoring devices (agents) and managers (e.g., cell phones, personal computers,
personal health appliances, and set top boxes) in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It
leverages work done in other ISO/IEEE 11073 standards including existing terminology, information
profiles, application profile standards. It specifies the use of specific term codes, formats, and behaviors in
telehealth environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in favor of interoperability. This
standard defines a common core of functionality of a peak-flow monitoring device. The use case is
restricted to personal respiratory monitoring and therefore does not include hospital-based spirometry.
Continuous and high-acuity monitoring (e.g., for emergency response) are outside the scope of the use case.
In the context of personal health devices, a peak flow meter is a device is used to measure the respiratory
function of those managing respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. The ability to identify declining respiratory status prior to the need for acute intervention improves
the quality of life for the individual while reducing the overall costs of care. Respiratory status data are
collected by a personal respiratory monitoring device and forwarded to a central data repository for review
and action by a health care provider. The data are episodic in nature and are forwarded at designated
intervals or when the person is symptomatic.
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prEN ISO 11073-10421
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