Using a database as a service for providing electronic health records

Author

Tsai-Huei Lin ; Hsien-Tsung Chang ; Ming-Jen Chen ; Ping-Yen Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Chang Gung Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 June 2014

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

12

Abstract

Health records can be used in healthcare and medical history, which enables medical staff to obtain additional information regarding the physical condition of a patient and provide effective treatment. In this study, the following characteristics of electronic health records were observed: 1) numerous users; 2) a large amount of data; 3) low variability; 4) privacy authorization; and 5) user-specific access. This study addressed the concerns related to electronic health records by investigating the features of cloud database services. The database used in this study was designed based on the characteristics of electronic health records, and an immense amount of data was stored based on file type to reduce the database load and save space. In addition, privacy controls were implemented to enable users to securely store data.

Keywords

authorisation; cloud computing; data privacy; database management systems; electronic health records; health care; storage management; cloud database services; data storage security; database as a service; electronic health records; healthcare; medical history; numerous users; privacy authorization; privacy controls; user-specific access; variability; Authorization; Data privacy; Database systems; Electronic medical records; Physiology; Privacy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Valencia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BHI.2014.6864291

Filename

6864291