The Continua Health Alliance

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Continua Health Alliance
Founded June 2006
Headquarters Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Rick Cnossen
(President)
Charles Parker
(Executive Director)
Industry Trade association
Website ContinuaAlliance.org

Continua Health Alliance is an international non-profit, open industry group of over 200 healthcare providers, communications, medical, and fitness device companies.

Continua Health Alliance members aim to develop an ecosystem to enable the delivery of personal and individual healthcare.

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[edit] Overview

The Continua Health Alliance aims to establish a system of interoperable personal health solutions. The goal of developing the solutions is to promote delivery of healthcare in the home providing independence, empowering individuals and providing the opportunity for truly personalized health and wellness management.[1]

Continua Health Alliance is working toward establishing systems of interoperable telehealth devices and services in three major categories: chronic disease management, aging independently, and health & physical fitness.

Continua members intend to create systems and devices for improving personal health. The technology platforms for these products and services are defined by the members and published in the Continua guidelines.

[edit] Devices and Services

The Continua Health Alliance version one design guidelines are based on proven connectivity standards and include Bluetooth for wireless and USB for wired device connection. The group released the guidelines to the public in June 2009.[2]

The group is establishing a product certification program using its recognizable logo, the Continua Certified Logo program, signifying that the product is interoperable with other Continua-certified products. Products made under Continua Health Alliance guidelines will provide consumers with increased assurance of interoperability between devices, enabling them to more easily share information with caregivers and service providers.

Through collaborations with government agencies and other regulatory bodies, Continua works to provide guidelines for the effective management of diverse products and services from a global network of vendors.

[edit] Major Milestones

The Continua Health Alliance was founded on June 6th 2006[3]

The Continua Health alliance performed its first public demonstration of interoperability on October 27, 2008 at the Partners Center for Connected Health 5th Annual Connected Health Symposium in Boston.[4]

The Continua Health Alliance certified its first product first Continua certified product, the Nonin 2500 PalmSAT handheld pulse oximeter with USB, on January 26, 2009.[5]

By the end of November 2009 there were six certified products.[6]

[edit] Members

Continua Health Alliance currently has more than 200 member companies.[7]

Continua's Board of Directors is currently composed of the following companies:[8]

[edit] Organisational Structure

The Organisation is primarily staffed by volunteers from the member organisations that are organised in to working groups that address the goals of the alliance. Below the board of directors sit the following main working groups:[9]

  • Global Policy Strategy Working Group
  • Marketing Working Group
  • Regulatory Working Group
  • Technical Working Group
  • Test & Certification Work Group - The Test and Certification Working Group is responsible for defining, implementing, and continuously improving the Test and Certification process and tools.
  • Use Case Working Group
  • Wellness Solutions Working Group

[edit] Relevant standards

[edit] Website

The Continua Alliance website contains a full listing of member organisations, a directory of qualified products, and a clear statement of their mission.

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.continuaalliance.org/about-the-alliance.html
  2. ^ http://www.continuaalliance.org/static/cms_workspace/Continua_Version_One_Design_Guidelines_Now_Available_final.pdf
  3. ^ http://continuaalliance.org/news-and-media/press-releases/founding-continua.html
  4. ^ http://continuaalliance.org/static/binary/cms_workspace/Continua_Update_release_v_FINAL_2_.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.nonin.com/News.aspx?NewsID=86
  6. ^ http://www.continuaalliance.org/products/certified-products.html
  7. ^ Member Companies (English)
  8. ^ Board of Directors (English)
  9. ^ http://continuaalliance.org/static/cms_workspace/Continua_Overview_Presentation_v15_3.pdf
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