IHE Profiles

Infusion Device Interoperability

The key to success

IHE Profiles
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IHE – Integrating Healthcare Enterprise for the integration of
pumps with
Fresenius Kabi is member of IHE, a group of healthcare industry representatives working to improve the
way healthcare systems share information electronically (https://www.ihe.net).
EMR/PDMS

IHE engages clinicians, health authorities, IHE also supports publication of information
industry, and users to develop, test, and acquired from point-of-care medical devices to
implement standards-based solutions to vital applications such as CIS and EMR, using a consistent IHE
health information needs. messaging format and device semantic content.
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communication profile for all medical devices allowing
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• Focusing on devices associated with patients, including
infusion pumps
• Collecting and reporting data from devices for immediate Faster development
access and for retrospective storage and retrieval (EMR)
and because you cannot handle all specificities of infusion devices with DEC only…. time as the interface
• Harmonizing terminology: nomenclature, enumerations, units
of measure uses standard language
Fresenius Kabi is promoting a complementary integration profile: and workflows
IPEC (Infusion Pump Event Communication)
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leader of specific added value topics (Infusion Relay, TCI).

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Standard compliance is validated with all other IHE members Better cost control
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Ex: IHE North American Connectathon 2019 when interfaces need to
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SEGMENTS What is
happening
5 days | 100 products | 70+ organisations | 560 participants | 16 countries be adapted due to device
3000 verified tests | 1000 successfully tested profiles/actors pairs | 92 IHE
REGULATION
SEGMENTS
on the pump Loading
dose Bolus +/-
Titration profiles tested. platform evolution
Due to our policy of continuous product development as well as changes in standards, the features described are subject to change.
Please contact us for the most updated information.

Fresenius Kabi AG
61346 Bad Homburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 61 72 / 686-0
www.fresenius-kabi.com
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