Risk assessment of a cardiology eHealth service in HYGEIAnet

Author

Stathiakis, N. ; Chronaki, C.E. ; Skipenes, E. ; Henriksen, E. ; Charalambus, E. ; Sykianakis, A. ; Vrouchos, G. ; Antonakis, N. ; Tsiknakis, Manolis ; Orphanoudakis, S.

Author_Institution

Found. for Res. & Technol., FORTH, Heraklion, Greece

fYear

2003

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

204

Abstract

A risk assessment (RA) framework was employed to determine what protection would be adequate and reasonable for the assets of a cardiology eHealth service deployed on the island of Crete. In the context of HYGEIAnet, the regional health telematics network of Crete, teleconsultation services for cardiology patients have been installed and are in routine use since December 2000. The novelty of the framework for model-based RA of security critical systems, which developed within the CORAS IST project, lays in its synthesis of risk analysis methods with semiformal specification, supported by an adaptable tool-integration platform. This paper presents the use of the CORAS framework to assess the cardiology eHealth service and the implementation of security controls and mechanisms.

Keywords

cardiology; health care; medical information systems; risk analysis; security of data; telemedicine; AD 2000 December; CORAS IST project; Crete island; HYGEIAnet; adaptable tool-integration platform; cardiology eHealth service; health telematics network; risk analysis methods; risk assessment; security critical systems; teleconsultation services; Cardiology; Communication system security; Data security; Information security; Medical services; Object oriented modeling; Protection; Risk analysis; Risk management; Telematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 2003

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8170-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.2003.1291125

Filename

1291125