J Korean Soc Med Inform.  2004 Dec;10(4):387-395.

Development of Biosignal Telemonitoring System Based on HL7 and MFER Standard

• Kim JP
• Choi MS
• Park HK
• Choi J

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
We developed a biosignal telemonitoring system which is based on HL7 and MFER standard.
METHODS
For the communication of waveform data (ECG, EEG etc.) we adopted MFER(Medical waveform description Format Encoding Rules) standard and HL7(Health Level 7). MFER is a standard for encoding waveform biosignal such as ECG, EEG and so on. HL7 is a standard for electronic data communication between two different information systems.
RESULTS
The telemornitoring system consists of an HL7 interface gateway and a central repository. The HL7 interface gateway has three modules of an MFER analyzer, an HL7 message generator, and a file sender. The central repository is a central database combined with an HL7 archiver.
CONCLUSION
Through this study we might conclude that the proposed system can be a promising model for telemonitoring system in healthcare environment.

Keyword

HL7; MFER; Biosignal; Telemonitoring System; Gatewa

MeSH Terms

Delivery of Health Care
Electrocardiography
Electroencephalography
Information Systems