Main description:

Hospitals, medical practices and healthcare organizations are implementing new technologies at breakneck speed. Yet privacy and security considerations are often an afterthought, putting healthcare organizations at risk of data security and privacy issues, fines, damage to their reputations, with serious potential consequences for the patients. Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) consist of clinical notes, patient listings, lab results, imaging results and screening tests. EHRs are growing in complexity over time and requiring increasing amounts of data storage.

With the development of the IoT, the Cloud and Smart Cities frameworks, new privacy and security methods are being pursued to secure healthcare-based systems and platforms. Presenting a detailed framework as well as comparative case studies for security protection, data integrity, privacy preservation, scalability, and healthcare legislation, this edited volume covers state of the art research and addresses privacy and security methods and technologies for EHRs.

Contents:

Part I: Technological developments in healthcare

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Introduction to healthcare information privacy and security concerns
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of health-care system and general rules for security and privacy
Chapter 4: Identity and access management systems
Chapter 5: Application design for privacy and security in healthcare
Chapter 6: Sustainable future IoT services with touch-enabled handheld devices

Part II: Healthcare models, solutions, and security standards

Chapter 7: Existing enabling technologies and solutions to maintain privacy and security in healthcare records
Chapter 8: Healthcare models and algorithms for privacy and security in healthcare records
Chapter 9: Information security and privacy in healthcare records: threat analysis, classification, and solutions
Chapter 10: Safety measures for EHR systems
Chapter 11: Protection framework and safety standards related to electronic health records
Chapter 12: Security and privacy issues in UK healthcare

Part III: The role of blockchain to maintain security and privacy in healthcare

Chapter 13: Blockchain-based health information privacy protection
Chapter 14: The importance of healthcare information privacy through blockchain
Chapter 15: Enhancement of health-care services using blockchain with data authentication and protection
Chapter 16: Blockchain-powered healthcare insurance system
Chapter 17: Conclusion