NDLI: Maintaining Security and Privacy of Patient Information

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ferrante, F.E.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: IRM Coll., Nat. Defense Univ., Washington, DC (Ferrante, F.E.)
Abstract	As the global Internet evolves into today's more highly mobile and broadband service offerings, it is anticipated that the applications of new services to support telemedicine and eHealth operations using these offerings will result in increasing healthcare benefits for all and generally a lower cost. The one concern that must be addressed when making these changes is to ensure that security technology keeps up with the changes and provides the means by which satisfaction of HIPAA's privacy regulations can be assured. Consider the application of Wireless Communications in connecting medical professionals and patients through the ubiquitous web access arrangements. New products offered to patients and physicians alike are capable of transmitting vital signs, key blood test results for diabetics, blood pressure data, as well as the higher data requirements of X-Rays, MRIs, ultrasounds, CAT scans, and more. But now things are changing. Cell phones, hotspots (802.11 access arrangements) offer opportunities for others to intercept private information if not protected adequately. Today's security offering for wireless hotspots such as the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) offers some security and privacy but it is known to be broken and useful only temporarily and not for protection of vital medical information protection. Currently, chips are being developed that will offer a much stronger protection for personal wireless networks. This recommended standard, referred to as 802.11i's WPA, is already supported within the Microsoft XP Operating System, and it will be enhanced and approved shortly by the latest recommended version of the standard offering WPA2 - for enterprise applications. The final version of 802.11i (WPA2) addresses practically all the vulnerabilities of WEP and more. However, now things are changing once more. A wideband wireless capability that in all likelihood will supercede WIFI within the next five years will allow up to 75 Mbps data transfer rates and support connections to systems in the range of 30 miles or more under the right conditions. In addition, speeding ambulances and cars traveling at speeds in excess of 70 MPH will be more readily capable of interfacing at the higher data rates WIMAX, the much-awaited technology that is expected to provide wireless broadband services on a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) scale is going to be the next wave of evolution (802.16). Once more, as was the case for WIFI, where is the security? Will the WIFi security offerings support that needed at these higher rates? All of this is yet to be assured. Thus privacy is once again of concern if the standards are not adequate. As planned however, it is my understanding that the new WPA2 will support both WiFi and WIMax security needs. As technology evolves, security must evolve. And if the manufacturers of products can settle on non-proprietary representative devices to support the needs of the medical field, then all will be fine. If they can't, or won't, then delays will occur. My presentation and discussion today will address some of the detail of this security and the issues yet to be faced in protecting medical and patient information
Sponsorship	IEEE EMB
Starting Page	4690
Ending Page	4690
File Size	87979
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424400325
ISSN	1557170X
DOI	10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259655
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-08-30
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Information security Privacy Protection Data security Communication system security WiMAX Web and internet services Telemedicine Medical services Costs
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Signal Processing Biomedical Engineering Health Informatics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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