Pseudonymization for improving the Privacy in E-Health Applications

Electronic health records (EHR) promise to improve communication between health care providers, thus leading to better quality of patients' treatment and reduced costs. As highly sensitive patient information provides a promising goal for attackers and is also demanded by insurance companies an...

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Main Authors: Riedl, B., Grascher, V., Fenz, S., Neubauer, T.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical imaging
Costs
Cryptography
Data privacy
Drugs
Insurance
Law
Medical services
Medical treatment
Protection
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Summary:Electronic health records (EHR) promise to improve communication between health care providers, thus leading to better quality of patients' treatment and reduced costs. As highly sensitive patient information provides a promising goal for attackers and is also demanded by insurance companies and employers, there is an increasing social and political pressure regarding the prevention of health data misuse. This paper presents a detailed description of the new system PIPE (pseudonymization of information for privacy in e-health) which differs from existing approaches in its ability to securely integrate primary and secondary usage of health data. Therefore, PIPE provides a solution to shortcomings of existing approaches. Our approach may be used as a basis for implementing secure EHR architectures or as an extension to existing systems.
ISSN:1530-1605
2572-6862
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2008.366