title: Secure medical databases: design and operation.
abstract: Medical database security plays an important role in the overall security of medical information systems. The development of appropriate secure database design and operation methodologies is an important problem in the area and a necessary prerequisite for the successful development of such systems. The general framework for medical database security and a number of parameters of the secure medical database design and operation problem are presented and discussed. A secure medical database development methodology is also presented which could help overcome some of the problems currently encountered.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Technology, General Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. gip@eng.auth.gr
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Pangalos
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006115:Greece; D007256:Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software