ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 16056-1 First edition 2004-07-01 Health informatics Interoperability of telehealth systems and networks - Part 1: Introduction and definitions Informatique de sante-Interopérabilite des systemes et des reseaux detélésante- Partie 1: Introduction et définitions Reference number ISO/TR 16056-1:2004(E) @ ISO 2004 Not for Resale ISO/TR 16056-1:2004(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ?ISO2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland CopyightInternatinal organization for Standardization @ ISO 2004 - All rights reserved vithout license from IHS Not for Resale ISO TR 16056-1:2004(E) Contents Page Foreword.. iv Introduction.. 2Normative references.. 3 Terms and definitions .. Abbreviations... 11 5 Telehealthandtelemedicine.. .12 6 Interoperability .... 13 Conformity with standards and interoperability 14 Bibliography... 17 Copyright Intemational Organization for Standardizationhts reserved ili No reprodt n or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale ISOTR16056-1:2004(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeen InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. In exceptional circumstances, when a technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that simple majority vote of its participating members to publish a Technical Report. A Technical Report is entirely intormativeinnatureanddoesnothaveto berevieweduntilthe data itprovidesareconsideredtobeno longer valid or useful. rights.ISOshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights. ISO/TR16056-1was prepared byTechnical CommitteeISO/TC215,Health informatics. telehealthsystemsandnetworks: Part1:Introductionanddefinitions Part 2: Real-time systems @ISo2004-All rightsreserved al Organization Not for Resale ISO TR 16056-1:2004(E) INTRODUCTION Delivery of health care services by means of telehealth is advancing rapidly. Telehealth enables providing these services with the use of information and telecommunications technologies.This includes a broad spectrum of different digital forms such as video,audio,or data),and communication of this information between care facilities withtheuseofcommunicationslinks. Telehealth interactions may be carried out in three ways: real-time, store-and-forward or with the use media streamingmethods.While real-time interactions imply that al