Title: Federated identity management to link and protect healthcare data

Authors: Liam Peyton, Jun Hu

Addresses: School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. ' School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

Abstract: Healthcare data should be linked and aggregated across data sources from different organisations to manage performance and provide integrated services. The internet offers the possibility of providing near real-time integration, but the central issue is how to integrate federated identity management with healthcare data integration to protect patient identity and ensure compliance with privacy legislation. In this paper, we use a healthcare scenario to analyse three proposed approaches. Each approach addresses some aspects of the problem while failing to address others. We then present a single framework that combines the three approaches into a single, more comprehensive approach.

Keywords: federated identity management; privacy; record linking; healthcare data; security; aggregated data; performance management; integrated services; internet; world wide web; data integration; patients; identity protection; compliance; legislation; Canada; hospitals; electronic business; e-business; electronic healthcare; e-healthcare; innovation; open world.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEB.2010.034169

International Journal of Electronic Business, 2010 Vol.8 No.3, pp.214 - 232

Published online: 16 Jul 2010 *

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