An Authentication Framework for e-Health Systems

Author

Al-Nayadi, Fahed ; Abawajy, Jemal H.

Author_Institution

Deakin Univ., Victoria

fYear

2007

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

616

Lastpage

620

Abstract

The high-level sensitivity of medical information mandates stronger authentication and authorization mechanisms to be used in e-Health systems. This paper describes the design and implementation of certificate-based e-Health authentication and authorization architecture. This architecture was developed to authenticate e-Health professionals accessing shared clinical data among a set of affiliated health institutions based on peer-to- peer networks. The architecture had to accommodate specific medical data sharing and handling requirements, namely the security of professionals´ credentials.

Keywords

authorisation; biomedical communication; data handling; health care; medical information systems; message authentication; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; certificate-based e-health authentication architecture; certificate-based e-health authorization architecture; medical data handling; medical data sharing; medical information high-level sensitivity; peer-to-peer networks; professional credential security; two-level authentical protocol; Authentication; Authorization; Biomedical engineering; Data security; Information security; Information technology; Medical services; Privacy; Protection; Signal processing; Attribute Certificates; Authentication; E-Health; Identity Certificates; P2P; Patient Consent; Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Information Technology, 2007 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Giza

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1835-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1835-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPIT.2007.4458207

Filename

4458207