Title: Securing electronic health records with novel mobile encryption schemes

Authors: Dasun Weerasinghe, Kalid Elmufti, Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Veselin Rakocevic

Addresses: Mobile Networks Research Group, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK. ' Mobile Networks Research Group, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK. ' Mobile Networks Research Group, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK. ' Mobile Networks Research Group, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK

Abstract: Mobile devices have penetrated the healthcare sector due to their increased functionality, low cost, high reliability and easy-to-use nature. However, in healthcare applications the privacy and security of the transmitted information must be preserved. Therefore applications require a concrete security framework based on long-term security keys, such as the security key that can be found in a mobile Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The wireless nature of communication links in mobile networks presents a major challenge in this respect. This paper presents a novel protocol that will send the information securely while including the access privileges to the authorised recipient.

Keywords: m-health; electronic health records; mobile technology; security; privacy; mobile encryption; single-sign-on; subscriber identity module; SIM; authorisation; wireless communication; electronic healthcare; security keys; mobile networks; wireless networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2007.015320

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2007 Vol.3 No.4, pp.395 - 416

Published online: 08 Oct 2007 *

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