This standard specifies a baseline set of requirements for assuring safe and secure interoperability for Interoperable Medical Systems.

The standard employs a life cycle process approach to organizing requirements, providing a set of interoperability planning, realization, deployment, and monitoring activities that incorporate cross-cutting requirements for security and risk management. AAMI/UL 2800-1 also provides supplementary guidance on key clinical and engineering properties essential for ensuring effective interoperability.