Integration of CEN/TC251/PT5-021 "VITAL" preENV standard and of "DICOM supplement 30.0" into a telemedicine system for vital signs monitoring from home
A Anagnostaki, Efthyvoulos C. Kyriacou, M. Reynolds, Sotiris A. Pavlopoulos, Dimitris Koutsouris · 2002
This study investigates the applicability of two 'standards' addressing the robust interchange of waveform and related medical data, namely of the CEN/TC251/PT5-021 Vital Signs Information Representation (VITAL) preENV standard and the DICOM Supplement 30.0, in the context of a telemedicine application for the vital signs monitoring from their home of patients needing after-hospitalization attendance. This paper presents an object-oriented design with UML of a class hierarchy for exchanging 3-lead ECG, pulse rate, blood pressure and SpO/sub 2/ data, as well as performing alert and overall data management at the remote HealthCare Center. It also summarizes the results of the two 'standards' validation and the integration of both codification schemes into the development of the telemedicine platform.