title: Cryptographic mechanisms for health care IT-systems.
abstract: Present health care information and communication system sufficiently respect neither the interests of the professional users (physicians, nurses, etc.) nor those of the usees (patients) concerning informational self-determination, integrity, and non-repudiation. The EU-AIM-SEISMED project has attacked this challenge. There is consensus that legal regulations and organisational measures around health care IT-systems have to be revisited and harmonised. However, the increasing processing capacities of IT-systems demand that the legitimate security interests of users and usees are enforced in advance--not only after the fact. This cannot be achieved against -----stems but only by the help of IT-systems. Since cryptographic mechanisms are an essential tool to this end SEISMED provides guidelines and technical recommendations on cryptographic mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Universität Hildesheim, Institut für Informatik, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bleumer
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D016494:Computer Security / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D006296:Health Services; D007256:Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D008961:Models, Structural; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*