Designing privacy information protection of electronic medical records

Tzu Wei Tseng, Cheng Yi Yang, Chien Tsai Liu

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Abstract

In recent years, the interoperability, exchange, privacy, and security of electronic medical records (EMR) across healthcare institution has become an important international issue within medical informatics. Currently Taiwan's electronic medical records exchange center (EEC) system lacks a mechanism for patients to consent to releasing only portions of their EMR. Currently patients must consent to total access when transferring EMR across healthcare institution. This study uses the IHE BPPC profile and HL7 Confidentialitycode to develop privacy polices matrices and patient privacy protect mechanism. Although adding confidentiality codes in Taiwan's electronic medical records would increase the workload for physicians and other healthcare professionals, it would also ensure greater security in the transmission of sensitive information, thereby enhancing the level of security for patients.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
EditorsMary Yang, Hamid R. Arabnia, Leonidas Deligiannidis, Leonidas Deligiannidis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages75-80
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509055104
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 17 2017
Event2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Dec 15 2016Dec 17 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016

Other

Other2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period12/15/1612/17/16

Keywords

  • Access Control
  • Electronic Medical Record
  • Privacy Security
  • System Interoperability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Health Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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