The issues in securing electronic health information in transit

Authors

Rachel Mahncke, Edith Cowan University
Patricia Williams, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

CSREA Press

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Computer and Information Science / Centre for Security Research

RAS ID

4221

Comments

Mahncke, R. & Williams, P. (2007). The issues in securing electronic health information in transit. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Security and Management (pp.489-495). Las Vegas: CSREA Press. Original conference website available here

Abstract

It is anticipated that there will continue to be an exponential increase in the demand for electronic data . The use of public networks, such as the Internet, to transmit private health information gives rise to numerous information security concerns., This paper investigates the security practices implemented by health care practices when transmitting and receiving patient health information from third parties, such as specialists, patients and hospitals.