ICE

	Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" Interoperability Program The MD PnP program is leading the adoption of open standards and technology to integrate medical devices for improving patient safety and healthcare efficiency
Change Expectations -> Change	Technology -> Change HealthCare

Figure 1: ICE Functional Model, redrawn from final draft version of ICE Part I (ASTM F2761-2009).

ICE Part I late-stage committee draft may be downloaded here.

Note - ASTM F2761-2009 has been published. Copies may be purchased from ASTM International.

The online proceedings of the Global Harmonization Task Force 11 (GHTF 11, Washington, DC, October 2007) describe the recommendations of GHTF 10 (Lubeck, Germany, June 2006) to support the "ICE" standard.

Scope and Purpose of ICE
Multi-disciplinary meetings convened by the MD PnP program (described on this web site), identified key capabilities of a high-acuity patient-centric integrated clinical environment. These capabilities, such as comprehensive data acquisition for the EMR and the integration of devices to enable real-time decision support, safety interlocks, and closed-loop control, can be achieved through the functions described in a new series of standards for the "Patient-Centric Integrated Clinical Environment" (ICE).

Background and status of ICE Standardization Process
The ICE standardization activity was initiated in 2006 by ASTM International, committee F29.
The project is now under the auspices of Subcommittee F29.21, "Devices in the Integrated Clinical Environment", chaired by Dr. J. Goldman. ICE Part I "Essential safety requirements for equipment comprising the patient-centric integrated clinical environment (ICE) — Part 1: General requirements and conceptual model"
has been published as F2761-2009 and can be obtained from ASTM International.
(Please contact Steve Mawn - smawn@astm.org - if you wish to join the committee.)