Continua Health Alliance has made available its most recent Design Guidelines (2011, 'Adrenaline') to the public as a free download.
Previously available only to Continua members during Interoperability Testing, the Design Guidelines have been established to help technology developers build end-to-end, plug-and-play systems in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.
Continua Health Alliance is an international not-for-profit industry organization enabling end-to-end, plug-and-play connectivity of personal health devices and services. The organization notes that these guidelines facilitate seamless connectivity between personal connected health products and services. The original Design Guidelines were first issued in 2008 and additional Design Guidelines are scheduled to be released each year.
“Making the latest Continua Design Guidelines available to the public for free is an important milestone, enabling vendors to create devices that make the collection and sharing of personal health data convenient and secure for consumers and health care providers,” said Clint McClellan, Continua Board president and senior director of Strategic Marketing, Qualcomm Life, Inc.
Continua Design Guidelines complete an eight month, internal pilot program before public release. Also, each set of Guidelines is subject to interoperability testing so that Continua certified products and services connect to other products or systems without restrictions or specific implementation.
"Our Design Guidelines are proven to decrease time-to-market and reduce development costs, further supporting the widespread adoption of personal connected health solutions," added McClellan.
Continua Health Alliance was in news last month for announcing certification of first mobile solution suitable for Apple mobile devices and Wide Area Networks (WAN) to deliver personal health data.
Edited by
Amanda Ciccatelli
