Biomedical subjects

W P Lord

Publications and source records attributed to W P Lord.

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PubMed1998

Security for the digital information age of medicine: issues, applications, and implementation.

Privacy and integrity of medical records is expected by patients. This privacy and integrity is often mandated by regulations. Traditionally, the security of medical records has been based on physical lock and key. As the storage of patient record information shifts from paper to digital, new security concerns arise. Digital cryptographic methods provide solutions to many of these new concerns. In this article we give an overview of new security concerns, new legislation mandating secure medical records and solutions providing security.

Computer Security↗

PubMed1998

PACS/information systems interoperability using Enterprise Communication Framework.

Interoperability among healthcare applications goes beyond connectivity to allow components to exchange structured information and work together in a predictable, coordinated fashion. To facilitate building an interoperability infrastructure, an Enterprise Communication Framework (ECF) was developed by the members of the Andover Working Group for Healthcare Interoperability (AWG-OHI). The ECF consists of four models: 1) Use Case Model, 2) Domain Information Model (DIM), 3) Interaction Model, and 4) Message Model. To realize this framework, a software component called the Enterprise Communicator (EC) is used. In this paper, we will demonstrate the use of the framework in interoperating a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) with a radiology information system (RIS).

Computer Communication Networks↗

PubMed1997

Security for the digital information age of medicine: issues, applications, and implementation.

Privacy and integrity of medical records is expected by patients. This privacy and integrity is often mandated by regulations. Traditionally, the security of medical records has been based on physical lock and key. As the storage of patient record information shifts from paper to digital, we find new security concerns. Digital cryptographic methods provide solutions to many of these new concerns. In this paper we discuss the new security concerns, new legislation mandating secure medical records, and solutions providing this security.

Computer Security↗