Title :
Proposal of a secure electronic prescription system
Author :
Malheiro Rodrigues, Hugo Andre ; Antunes, Luiz Henrique M. ; Correia, Manuel Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Med., Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
Since 2011, it´s mandatory to prescribe through an electronic system in Portugal. Several third party companies start to develop prescribing software/interfaces that act as gateways to transmit the prescription data from the practitioners to the Health Ministry. The use of those companies in this circuit weakens the Prescription System´s security levels and compromises the confidentiality and privacy of doctors and patients´ personal data.
Keywords :
cryptography; data privacy; medical information systems; software engineering; Health Ministry; Portugal; clinical information protection; data encription; doctors personal data confidentiality; doctors personal data privacy; electronic prescription system; gateways; patients personal data confidentiality; patients personal data privacy; prescribing interface development; prescribing software development; prescription data transmission; security levels; Authentication; Companies; Cryptography; Data models; Medical services; Software; confidentiality; data encription; electronic prescribing; patient data; security; smartcard;
Conference_Titel :
Information Society (i-Society), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
