The use of smart tokens to permit the secure, remote access of electronic health records.
A model is described whereby Electronic Health Records (EHRs) stored on a remote central server can be accessed from doctor's surgeries in regional Australia. The centrepiece of the model is a smart token on which reside unique identifiers, which facilitate secure, remote, transportable access by consulting physicians of patient clinical data, at the discretion of the patient.
Illawarra Division of General Practice, Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia. adalley@idgp.org.au
Andrew
A
Dalley
Ken
K
Lynch
Peter
P
Feltham
John
J
Fulcher
D022126:Access to Information; D016494:Computer Security / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009517:New South Wales; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000379:methods