Biometrics for Electronic Health Records |
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Authors: | Alejandro Enrique Flores Zuniga Khin Than Win and Willy Susilo |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia |
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Abstract: | Securing electronic health records, in scenarios in which the provision of care services is share among multiple actors, could
become a complex and costly activity. Correct identification of patients and physician, protection of privacy and confidentiality,
assignment of access permissions for healthcare providers and resolutions of conflicts rise as main points of concern in the
development of interconnected health information networks. Biometric technologies have been proposed as a possible technological
solution for these issues due to its ability to provide a mechanism for unique verification of an individual identity. This
paper presents an analysis of the benefit as well as disadvantages offered by biometric technology. A comparison between this
technology and more traditional identification methods is used to determine the key benefits and flaws of the use biometric
in health information systems. The comparison as been made considering the viability of the technologies for medical environments,
global security needs, the contemplation of a share care environment and the costs involved in the implementation and maintenance
of such technologies. This paper also discusses alternative uses for biometrics technologies in health care environments.
The outcome of this analysis lays in the fact that even when biometric technologies offer several advantages over traditional
method of identification, they are still in the early stages of providing a suitable solution for a health care environment. |
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