Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for device communication, this standard
establishes a normative definition of communication between personal telehealth thermometer devices and
compute engines (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, and set top boxes) in a
manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It leverages appropriate portions of existing standards,
including ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology, information models, application profile standards, and transport
standards. It specifies the use of specific term codes, formats, and behaviors in telehealth environments
restricting optionality in base frameworks in favor of interoperability. This standard defines a common core
of communication functionality for personal telehealth thermometers.