Security Privacy and Policy for Cryptographic Based Electronic Medical Information System

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 21; no. 3; p. 713
• Main Authors: Chen, Hsuan-Yu, Wu, Zhen-Yu, Chen, Tzer-Long, Huang, Yao-Min, Liu, Chia-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.01.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Computer Security; Computerized physician order entry; Confidentiality; Data processing; Digital signatures; Drug stores; Electronic Health Records; electronic medical information; electronic medical record; electronic prescriptions; Electronics; Health care; Health insurance; Health services; Humans; Information Systems; Information technology; Medical personnel; Medical records; Medical research; Medicine; Patients; Pharmacy; Policy; Prescriptions; Privacy; Smart cards; United States > US; electronic medical record; privacy; electronic medical information; electronic prescriptions
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s21030713

With the development of the internet, applications have become complicated, and the relevant technology has diversified. Compared with medical applications, the significance of information technology has been expanding to include clinical auxiliary functions of medical information. This includes electronic medical records, electronic prescriptions, medical information systems, etc. Although research on the data processing structure and format of various related systems is becoming mature, the integration is insufficient. An integrated medical information system with security policy and privacy protection, which combines e-patient records, e-prescriptions, modified smart cards, and fingerprint identification systems, and applies proxy signature and group signature, is proposed in this study. This system effectively applies and saves medical resources-satisfying the mobility of medical records, presenting the function, and security of medicine collection, and avoiding medical conflicts and profiteering to further acquire the maximum effectiveness with the least resources. In this way, this medical information system may be developed into a comprehensive function that eliminates the transmission of manual documents and maintains the safety of patient medical information. It can improve the quality of medical care and indispensable infrastructure for medical management.