Title :
Protection of electronic health records (EHRs) in cloud
Author :
Alabdulatif, Abdulatif ; Khalil, Issa ; Mai, Vu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
EHR technology has come into widespread use and has attracted attention in healthcare institutions as well as in research. Cloud services are used to build efficient EHR systems and obtain the greatest benefits of EHR implementation. Many issues relating to building an ideal EHR system in the cloud, especially the tradeoff between flexibility and security, have recently surfaced. The privacy of patient records in cloud platforms is still a point of contention. In this research, we are going to improve the management of access control by restricting participants´ access through the use of distinct encrypted parameters for each participant in the cloud-based database. Also, we implement and improve an existing secure index search algorithm to enhance the efficiency of information control and flow through a cloud-based EHR system. At the final stage, we contribute to the design of reliable, flexible and secure access control, enabling quick access to EHR information.
Keywords :
access control; cloud computing; cryptography; data privacy; health care; medical information systems; search engines; EHR implementation; EHR information; EHR technology; access control management; cloud-based EHR system; cloud-based database; electronic health record protection; encrypted parameter; healthcare institution; patient record privacy; secure access control enhancement; secure index search algorithm; Access control; Encryption; Indexes; Medical services;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610469