Title :
A new architecture for secure storage and sharing of health records in the cloud using federated identity attributes
Author :
de Melo Silva, Lucas ; Araujo, Roberto ; Leite da Silva, Felipe ; Cerqueira, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Fed. do Para, Belem, Brazil
Abstract :
Cloud computing is a technological service that has become a trend. This paradigm adds many benefits to storage of personal health records (PHR) and electronic health records (EHR), such as availability and on-demand provisioning. It also facilitates sharing of health records among doctors, family members, friends and clinicians in general. However, this technology increases the risk of leaking sensitive health data. Aiming at mitigating this problem, we present here a new architecture that takes advantage of identity federation for secure storage and sharing of PHR and EHR in the cloud environment.
Keywords :
cloud computing; electronic health records; security of data; software architecture; EHR; PHR; cloud computing; data security; electronic health records; federated identity attributes; personal health records; record sharing; software architecture; Encryption; Medical services; Organizations; Proposals; Secure storage; attribute-based encryption; cloud computing; federated identity; health records; privacy; security;
Conference_Titel :
e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Natal
DOI :
10.1109/HealthCom.2014.7001840
