Stream: implementers
Topic: Wearable device coding
Jeannie Huang (Mar 23 2021 at 03:37):
Does anyone know what type of code systems are best to use for wearable devices? For example, I tried to look for a LOINC code for a walking activity, but LOINC codes seem to be based on survey-like questions (https://search.loinc.org/searchLOINC/search.zul?query=running returns things like average activity hours per week or calories burned). I need to record a lot of fields as well like averageHeartRate, averagePace, averageSpeed, averageRunCadence, startingLong, starting Lat, etc. I know there's a lot of systems out there from http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies-systems.html but I'm not sure what to use.
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 23 2021 at 05:20):
@Todd Cooper @John Rhoads
Lin Zhang (Mar 23 2021 at 12:15):
Anyway, such observations would be within the scope of LOINC although some of them not available in LOINC yet.
John Moehrke (Mar 23 2021 at 12:30):
I think @Eric Haas has done some stepcount stuff
John Moehrke (Mar 23 2021 at 12:32):
Todd Cooper (Mar 23 2021 at 14:20):
@Jeannie Huang you may ping @Brian Reinhold to see what parts of the IEEE 11073 Personal Health Device nomenclature apply to this; also @Rob Hausam may be able to provide some guidance as well. Pop in to one of our next Devices on FHIR calls and ask the group there ... and finally what do platforms like AHK use in their FHIR API for these fields, which are supported?
Brian Reinhold (Mar 23 2021 at 16:12):
@Jeannie Huang The MDC code system is full of codes related to activity monitors in partition MDC_PART_PHD_HF. There is a 20601 specialization dedicated to Cardio devices.
Rob Hausam (Mar 23 2021 at 16:16):
I'm working to get 11073/MDC implemented on tx.fhir.org soon.
Eric Haas (Mar 23 2021 at 20:03):
I worked with Open mHealth and mapped the OMH schemas to FHIR including Step Count
the mapping with examples are here: https://hackmd.io/tJ_duM27R0KetqQiHMIyqg
Jeannie Huang (Mar 23 2021 at 21:21):
Thanks all! And @Brian Reinhold where can I find the MDC code system?
Brian Reinhold (Mar 23 2021 at 22:00):
@Jeannie Huang
Here is the 'official' site that is not a document
https://rtmms.nist.gov/rtmms/index.htm
Still a work in progress. But I will attach a Java file from my Android app that will help you make sense of many of the terms
Mdc.java
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
