Overview
EN ISO 11073-10417:2017 (ISO/IEEE 11073-10417:2017) defines a normative communication specialization for personal telehealth glucose meters within the ISO/IEEE 11073 family. The standard specifies how glucose meters exchange data with compute engines (for example, cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances and set‑top boxes) to enable plug-and-play interoperability. It leverages established 11073 terminology, information models, application profiles and transport standards while restricting optionality in base frameworks to produce a consistent, common core of communication functionality for glucose meters.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Device specialization model: Defines the glucose‑meter specific information model layered on the 11073 framework so devices present a consistent set of objects and attributes.
- Common core communication functionality: Specifies the minimal, normative set of capabilities required for personal telehealth glucose meters to interoperate with compute engines.
- Term codes, formats and behaviors: Mandates use of specific term codes and data formats to standardize measurement values, events and metadata.
- Information models & application profiles: Reuses and constrains 11073 terminology and object models to form glucose‑meter application profiles suitable for telehealth.
- Transport and messaging constraints: References the applicable transport standards from the 11073 family and prescribes message behaviors and interactions to reduce optionality and ambiguity.
- Interoperability focus: Emphasizes deterministic behavior and consistent semantics so different vendors’ devices can interoperate in plug‑and‑play scenarios.
Applications and who uses it
- Device manufacturers: Implement the standard to ensure their glucose meters can interoperate with third‑party apps and consumer health devices.
- Health app and platform developers: Build client software (mobile apps, PCH appliances, gateways) that reliably read and interpret glucose meter data.
- System integrators and manufacturers of compute engines: Ensure host devices (phones, PCs, set‑top boxes) correctly bind to the glucose meter specialization.
- Healthcare providers & telehealth services: Integrate standardized device data into remote monitoring workflows and electronic personal health records.
- Test labs & regulators: Validate interoperability and conformance to standardized communication behaviors.
Related standards (context)
- ISO/IEEE 11073 family - terminology, base information models and application profiles
- 11073 transport standards and application profile standards referenced for binding and messaging
EN ISO 11073-10417:2017 is essential for organizations aiming to deploy interoperable telehealth glucose meters and for anyone designing systems that consume standardized glucose measurement data. Keywords: EN ISO 11073-10417:2017, ISO/IEEE 11073-10417, glucose meter interoperability, personal health device communication, telehealth glucose meter.