KEY ISSUES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN EHEALTH A Review

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Maria Joao Campos (Author) Other; Pedro Pereira Rodrigues (Author) FMUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: HEALTHINF 2011: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH INFORMATICS

Pages: 455-458

4th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2011)

Rome, ITALY, JAN 26-29, 2011

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FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Health sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-002-YNC

Abstract (EN): Identity management represents an essential component for identification, authentication and authorization of patients, professionals, stakeholders and organizations in eHealth, combining information technologies and organizational procedures to provide security and privacy to health information. A literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles which were then grouped into themes according to the main subject. From the selected articles, plus their references, main findings, issues and future perspectives were systematized. A total of 31 articles were obtained, and after selection methodology 13 articles were included and grouped in four different themes: identity pseudonymisation and anonymization for secondary use, privacy preserving identity, identification, authentication and authorization identity in eHealth and identity and standardization. Through references cited in articles, research programs and working areas were also identified. Very few implementations could be found in literature, showing that this problem is even more complex than it seems and future adoption requires further research on new models and architectures. Furthermore, there is the need for a standard methodology for identity attributes interoperability between different stakeholders. Although there is a known large research effort in the context of identity in the information society in general, very few studies and experiences were found in the eHealth context.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4