title: Implementing network security guidelines in health care information systems.
abstract: A Health Care Establishment (HCE) is an establishment where medical services are rendered. These services are provided by the health care personnel. The infrastructure of a HCE may include Information Technology (IT) equipment that stores and processes HC information. The spread of distributed information technology in HCEs have necessitated the implementation of Network Security in Health Care Information System (HCISs), to assure confidentiality, integrity and availability of HC information being transmitted across HC networks. This paper presents a road map in implementing Network Security guidelines for the provision of Network Security in HCEs, work carried out within the Secure Environment for Information Systems in Medicine (SEISMED) project under the Advanced Informatics in Medicine (AIM) programme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kantzavelou
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D007494:Ireland; D011050:Policy Making; D012308:Risk Management