Remote access to medical records via the Internet: feasibility, security and multilingual considerations

Author

Lees, PJ ; Chronaki, CE ; Simantirakis, EN ; Kostomanolakis, SG ; Orphanoudakis, SC ; Vardas, PE

Author_Institution

Dept. of Cardiology, Heraklion Univ. Hosp., Crete, Greece

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

92

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of Internet technology to provide secure multilingual access to the medical records of a cardiology clinic. Information extracted from the medical record archive is used to create mini-Webs of interlinked pages that may be viewed using a standard browser. The main features of the reported project are its multilingual nature-of particular significance in Europe, the provision of strict secure measures, and the support of usage profiles. Medical data may be viewed either in Greek-the language in which the data are stored-or in English, through an automated translation process. Security measures are as follows: (1) a password is required for access; (2) all transactions are logged (3) the patient´s name and medical data are never transmitted together; (4) mini-Webs are deleted when the transaction is complete, (5) the remote user never has direct access to the central database

Keywords

Internet; biomedical communication; medical information systems; security of data; English; Europe; Greek; central database; interlinked pages miniWebs; logged transactions; medical data security; multilingual considerations; password access requirement; patient´s name; remote access to medical records; strict secure measures; usage profiles support; Biomedical informatics; Cardiology; Data mining; Demography; Europe; Hospitals; Internet; Medical treatment; Particle measurements; Telematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 1999

Conference_Location

Hannover

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5614-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1999.825913

Filename

825913