Protecting privacy during peer-to-peer exchange of medical documents

• Published in: Information systems frontiers Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 87 - 104
• Main Authors: Weber-Jahnke, Jens H., Obry, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.03.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Access control; Auditing; Business and Management; Caregivers; Communication; Consent; Consents; Control; Cybersecurity; Health; Health care industry; Information management; Information systems; Infrastructure; Interoperability; IT in Business; Jurisdiction; Laboratories; Management of Computing and Information Systems; Medical; Medical records; Medical research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Organizations; Patient safety; Patients; Peer to peer computing; Peers; Personal health; Pharmacy; Policies; Privacy; Security services; Software; Studies; Systems Theory; Telemedicine; Access control; CDA; Security and privacy; Disclosure directives; Peer-to-peer interoperability; Consent management; Non-repudation; eHealth; Auditing

Privacy is an important aspect of interoperable medical information systems. Governments and health care organizations have established privacy policies to prevent abuse of personal health data. These policies often require organizations to obtain patient consent prior to exchanging personal informa...