ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services

Advancement in telecommunication combined with improved information technology infrastructures has opened up new dimensions in e-health environment. Such technologies make readily available to access, store, manipulate and replicate medical information and images. These technologies help reduced the...

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Main Authors:	Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke, Ali , Nor'ashikin, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Abdul Manaf, Azizah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	T10.5 Communication of technical information
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/1/ICT_in_Telemedicine-Conquering_Privacy_and_Security_Issues_In_Health_Care_Services.pdf

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spelling	iium-246332013-01-04T02:33:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/ ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke Ali , Nor'ashikin Khalifa, Othman Omran Abdul Manaf, Azizah T10.5 Communication of technical information Advancement in telecommunication combined with improved information technology infrastructures has opened up new dimensions in e-health environment. Such technologies make readily available to access, store, manipulate and replicate medical information and images. These technologies help reduced the time and effort in diagnoses and treatment at lower cost. However, protection and authentication of such medical information and images are now becoming increasingly important in telemedicine environment, where images are readily distributed over electronic networks. Intruders/hackers may gain access to confidential information and possible alter or even delete such vital records. The ultimate success of telemedicine demands an effective technology as well as privacy and security of records should be main concern. This paper explores recent identified privacy and security issues that affect telemedicine. Featuring threats on security and authentication of medical records, and proposing digital watermarking as a technology to curb authentication issues in telemedicine is highlighted. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/1/ICT_in_Telemedicine-Conquering_Privacy_and_Security_Issues_In_Health_Care_Services.pdf Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke and Ali , Nor'ashikin and Khalifa, Othman Omran and Abdul Manaf, Azizah (2012) ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services. In: Symposium on IT Governance, Management and Audit, 2012 (SIGMA 2012), 20th June, 2012, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	T10.5 Communication of technical information Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke Ali , Nor'ashikin Khalifa, Othman Omran Abdul Manaf, Azizah ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
description	Advancement in telecommunication combined with improved information technology infrastructures has opened up new dimensions in e-health environment. Such technologies make readily available to access, store, manipulate and replicate medical information and images. These technologies help reduced the time and effort in diagnoses and treatment at lower cost. However, protection and authentication of such medical information and images are now becoming increasingly important in telemedicine environment, where images are readily distributed over electronic networks. Intruders/hackers may gain access to confidential information and possible alter or even delete such vital records. The ultimate success of telemedicine demands an effective technology as well as privacy and security of records should be main concern. This paper explores recent identified privacy and security issues that affect telemedicine. Featuring threats on security and authentication of medical records, and proposing digital watermarking as a technology to curb authentication issues in telemedicine is highlighted.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke Ali , Nor'ashikin Khalifa, Othman Omran Abdul Manaf, Azizah
author_facet	Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke Ali , Nor'ashikin Khalifa, Othman Omran Abdul Manaf, Azizah
author_sort	Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke
title	ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
title_short	ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
title_full	ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
title_fullStr	ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
title_full_unstemmed	ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
title_sort	ict in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24633/1/ICT_in_Telemedicine-Conquering_Privacy_and_Security_Issues_In_Health_Care_Services.pdf
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