Electronic signature and certification models in health care.
Recently, Belgian legislation has enabled the practical use of electronic signatures. Several implementation options are still open and different models for deployment on a wide scale are possible. This document describes two models that can be applied to the healthcare domain and summarises the recommendations as issued by the Belgian Health Telematics Standards Committee
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Department of Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Filip.DeMeyer@rug.ac.be
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Roger France
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D001530:Belgium; D002568:Certification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010355:Patient Identification Systems