Continua Health Alliance, the organisation that promotes connectivity and interoperability in the mobile health market, has specified Global Certification Forum (GCF) certification as a pre-requisite for any personal health device incorporating 3GPP wireless connectivity to receive its own certification.

GCF’s certification is an assurance that a 3GPP wireless device has interoperability across different mobile networks. The two organisations have actually been working together on certifying wireless personal health devices since February, 2011.