ECG standards for the interoperability in patient electronic health records in Italy

The Electrical Activity of the Heart is the most studied and useful signal for fast response analysis in actual tele- cardiology and tele-monitoring activities. Actually the trend is to make all device conforming to the Open-ECG or to the SCP standard as the base for interoperability. We think that this solution is not enough and we are trying to promote the HL7 aECG format as the basis for true ECG interoperability, in Italy Patient Electronic Health Record.