SCP-ECG, which stands for ''Standard communications protocol for computer assisted electrocardiography'', is a standard for

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traces, annotations, and

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, that specifies the interchange format and a messaging procedure for

cart-to-host communication and for retrieval of SCP-ECG records from the host to the ECG cart. It is defined in the joint

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standard EC71:2001 and in the CEN standard EN 1064:2005.

History

The SCP Standard was first developed between 1989 and 1991 during a European AIM R&D project.

Other ECG data formats

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HL7 aECG HL7 aECG (the HL7 Annotated Electrocardiogram) is a standard medical record data format for storing and retrieving electrocardiogram data for a patient. Like other HL7 formats, it is XML based. The HL7 aECG standard was created in response to t ...

, MFER (ISO 22077)

References

External links

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OpenECG Software Tools Repository
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Group supports SCP-ECG by providing and supporting

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implementations and consistent application of the standard. Cardiology {{standard-stub