Enhancing privacy on Mobile Health: An integrated privacy module

The evolution of mobile communication in the health sector has improved patients' quality of care. Nowadays, doctors can make diagnosis even though the patient is miles away using mobile technologies such as smart phones or tablet PCs. Nevertheless, the exchange of medical information through m...

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Published in2014 International Conference on Next Generation Networks and Services (NGNS) pp. 245 - 250
Main Authors Sadki, Souad, El Bakkali, Hanan
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2014
Subjects
Data privacy
Encryption
Medical services
Mobile communication
Mobile handsets
mobile health
mobile healthcare system
Privacy
security
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Summary:The evolution of mobile communication in the health sector has improved patients' quality of care. Nowadays, doctors can make diagnosis even though the patient is miles away using mobile technologies such as smart phones or tablet PCs. Nevertheless, the exchange of medical information through mobile devices brings on serious threats to patients' privacy. We believe that privacy must be considered during the development of any mobile healthcare system. In this paper we discuss the efficiency of current privacy and security protection mechanisms used in current mobile systems. The nature and the diversity of medical information shared between different entities (physicians, hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies...) increases privacy and security risks. Thus, we introduce a new conceptual module to preserve privacy in mobile healthcare. By integrating this module into current mobile healthcare systems architecture, we obtain a privacy-preserving system enabling patients to monitor and manage the disclosure of their sensitive health information during a mobile transaction.
ISSN:2327-6525
2327-6533
DOI:10.1109/NGNS.2014.6990259