Security and privacy in RFID and applications in telemedicine

Author

Xiao, Yang ; Shen, Xuemin ; Sun, Bo ; Cai, Lin

Author_Institution

Memphis Univ., TN, USA

Volume

44

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

72

Abstract

Radio frequency identification systems have many applications in manufacturing, supply chain management, inventory control, and telemedicine. In an RFID system, products and objects are given RFID tags to identify themselves. However, security and privacy issues pose significant challenges on these systems. In this article we first briefly introduce RFID systems. Then two RFID applications in telemedicine are proposed: studying supply and demand of doctors, nurses, and patients in hospitals and healthcare, and developing mobile telemedicine services. The security and privacy issues of RFID, and their solutions are discussed as well.

Keywords

health care; mobile radio; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication security; telemedicine; RFID; healthcare; mobile telemedicine services; radio frequency identification systems; telemedicine; Hospitals; Inventory control; Manufacturing; Privacy; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Security; Supply and demand; Supply chain management; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2006.1632651

Filename

1632651