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.
Dalley
Andrew
A
Illawarra Division of General Practice, Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia. adalley@idgp.org.au
Lynch
Ken
K
Feltham
Peter
P
Fulcher
John
J
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