About CIC

The Connectivity Industry Consortium was launched in February 2000, after the point-of-care industry had wrestled with trying to find solutions to the connectivity problem. The following events directly led to the formation of the CIC. The consortium’s membership comprised five different groups:

• Core Vendors: Provided the bulk of the consortium's funding as well as a dedicated technical resource. These organizations committed to strongly considering incorporating the CIC standards in future products.
• Core Providers: These organizations provided point-of-care domain experts to aid in specifying requirements and reviewing the developed standards. These organizations promised to strongly consider requiring CIC standards compliance in all future point-of-care purchases. These organizations may also serve as pilot test sites for products based on the CIC standards.
• Individual Providers: These individuals committed to providing the Consortium with domain expertise
• Supporting Vendors: These commercial organizations provided resources to the technical teams to develop the CIC standards. These organizations provided funding to the consortium based on their revenues.
• Affiliate Organizations: The CIC established working relationships with several international standards development organizations. They provided international input to the requirements and review process. Affiliate organizations, in particular CLSI (former NCCLS, see www.clsi.org), IEEE 1073 (www.ieee0173.org), and ISO TC215 / WG2 (www.iso.ch/tc215) contributed to the CIC’s standard development and dissemination and acted as transfer partners at the end of the Consortium’s lifetime.

At the end of its lifetime, 52 member organizations formed the Connectivity Industry Consortium. The consortium’s bylaws dictated a one-year lifespan for the organization. By the end of that lifespan, in spring 2001, the CIC had developed, prototyped, and piloted the draft standard "AUTO6-P" based on specifications developed by the Connectivity Industry Consortium (CIC), IEEE and HL7 to enable point-of-care connectivity. The consortium transferred the further development and maintenance of this document to the NCCLS (now CLSI, see www.clsi.org) as chartered standards maintenance organization. In December 2001, the NCCLS published the current “POCT1-A" standard for point-of-care connectivity.

General Information

For general information or any questions about the consortium, please send an e-mail message to Thomas Norgall.