PD ISO/TR 80001 — Risk Management for IT-Networks Incorporating Medical Devices Standard Series

🏥 PD ISO/TR 80001 is a BSI Published Document series adopting ISO technical reports on medical device informatisation, focused on risk management for “IT networks incorporating medical devices”. The series was prepared by BSI technical committee CH/62/1 (Common aspects of electrical equipment used in medical practice) and carries ICS 11.040.01 (medical equipment in general) and 35.240.80 (IT applications in healthcare). Within the IEC 80001-1 risk management framework, it provides guidance for preparing responsibility agreements, and guidance for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) to self-assess conformance with IEC 80001-1, helping hospitals and medical device suppliers jointly manage the safety risks of networked medical devices.

⚠️ Once a medical device is connected to a hospital IT network, its safety depends not only on the device but also on the network environment and multi-party responsibility allocation. Unclear responsibility is a major cause of safety incidents with networked medical devices.

1. Series Structure and Scope 📌

This batch comprises two technical reports supporting risk management implementation from “responsibility agreements” and “organisational self-assessment”:

Part	Document	Subject	Main Content
Responsibility agreement guidance	PD ISO/TR 80001-2-6:2014 (ISO/TR 80001-2-6:2014)	Application guidance — responsibility agreements	Purpose, prerequisites, key aspects (reasons, participants, proposed types), agreement elements
HDO self-assessment	PD ISO/TR 80001-2-7:2015 (ISO/TR 80001-2-7:2015)	Guidance for HDOs to self-assess conformance with IEC 80001-1	Assessment method, prerequisites, assessment elements and implementation steps

💡 The two parts form a closed loop of “agreement + assessment”: Part 2-6 addresses how multi-party responsibilities are divided, Part 2-7 how an organisation verifies they are implemented.

2. Key Aspects of Responsibility Agreements 🤝

Part 2-6 sets out the key aspects to consider when preparing a responsibility agreement:

Reasons and rationale: why an agreement is needed — responsibilities overlap among device suppliers, network providers and healthcare organisations, so a written agreement is required.
Participants: identify medical device manufacturers, IT network operators, healthcare organisations and their internal departments.
Proposed types: recommend agreement types and clause structures for different scenarios.
Agreement elements: obligations of each party in safety, risk management, change management, incident response and liability.

✅ A responsibility agreement is the “contractual foundation” of networked medical device safety management: it assigns the dispersed risk-management duties of IEC 80001-1 to concrete actors, avoiding the “everyone is responsible, so no one is responsible” dilemma.

3. HDO Self-Assessment Method 📊

Part 2-7 provides HDOs with a method to self-assess conformance with IEC 80001-1:

Assessment method: use a structured process, checking the organisation’s risk management practice against IEC 80001-1 requirements item by item.
Prerequisites: clarify the starting conditions, such as organisational scope, network and device inventory, and existing risk management systems.
Assessment elements: cover organisational responsibility, risk management process, safety incident reporting and improvement mechanisms.
Implementation steps: give a complete path from preparation, self-check to corrective verification.

⚠️ The value of self-assessment is “improving through assessment”: the organisation identifies gaps and formulates improvement plans by comparing against the standard, but self-assessment cannot replace third-party certification or regulatory inspection, and external evaluation may still be needed.

4. Risk Management Implementation Points 🔧

Stage	Key Activity	Actors Involved	Risk Control Approach
Risk management plan	Develop and maintain a risk management plan for networked medical devices	HDO, supplier	Define scope, objectives, responsibilities and review arrangements
Risk analysis	Identify new hazards and risks introduced by network connection	HDO, network operator	Analyse device, network and usage context together
Risk control	Take measures to reduce risk and verify effectiveness	All parties	Technical and management controls in parallel
Incident response	Establish safety incident reporting and response mechanisms	HDO, supplier, regulator	Define reporting route and handling flow

5. Engineering Practice Essentials 🛠️

🔍 Agreement signing: before a medical device joins the network, sign a responsibility agreement with the supplier and network operator defining each party’s duties.
🔧 Risk register: maintain a risk register for networked medical devices, tracking implementation and effectiveness of controls.
📊 Self-assessment: carry out conformance self-checks per Part 2-7 regularly, forming and closing improvement plans.
📋 Training and drills: train relevant staff and run safety incident drills to improve awareness and response capability.

6. Frequently Asked Questions ❓

❓ Q: Why do networked medical devices need dedicated risk management?
A: Once connected, device safety is affected by new risks such as network interference, data leakage and remote configuration, and responsibility spans device makers, network operators and hospitals, requiring a dedicated framework and agreements.

❓ Q: What does a responsibility agreement mainly solve?
A: It allocates and implements safety responsibilities for networked medical devices, defining obligations in risk management, change and incident response to avoid responsibility gaps.

❓ Q: How does HDO self-assessment differ from third-party certification?
A: Self-assessment is internal benchmarking — low cost, short cycle and for continuous improvement; third-party certification is performed by external bodies, more objective and credible, suited to regulatory or contractual requirements.

🔍 Q: Do the technical reports replace IEC 80001-1?
A: No. IEC 80001-1 states the basic requirements; this series provides application guidance and a self-assessment method to help organisations implement it.

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