IEEE and IHTSDO

On December 14 2009, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO leading provider of standardized clinical terminology, today announced a collaboration agreement that will encourage harmonization of terminology related to medical devices so as to better support clinical care.

"This agreement is an important step in improving integration of services at the point of care; enabling delivery of improved healthcare and patient safety by removing a barrier to reliable semantic interoperability,” said Elliot Sloane, the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society’s Director responsible for the 11073 medical device informatics standards "It will bring benefits across the spectrum from self-managed fitness through to intensive care." For more information, please read the press release.

About IEEE

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.), the world's largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125th anniversary in 2009 by "Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future" around the globe. Through its more than 375,000 members in 160 countries, IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed nearly 900 active industry standards. The organization annually sponsors more than 850 conferences worldwide.



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