title: [Strategy for securing medical documents by electronic signature and encryption].
abstract: The paper presents a survey of security strategies for the protection of medical documents which are generated, stored, and exchanged electronically. It is not meant to provide a precise technical background but to give a guideline for interested medical professionals. A systematic approach for the definition of appropriate security requirements is outlined, and generally accepted security functions (services) are described. The major part of the paper is dedicated to a technical introduction to state-of-the-art security mechanisms based on cryptographic methods. Finally, actual implementation problems and perspectives are discussed from a German/European viewpoint.
authors.affiliation: Dornier GmbH, Friedrichshafen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Willenberg
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016494:Computer Security; D003199:Computer Systems; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000191:economics; D004867:Equipment Design; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000295:instrumentation*