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Privacy-preserving computation of disease risk by using genomic, clinical, and environmental data
According to many scientists and clinicians, genomics is the "next big thing" in the field of medicine. On one hand, decreasing costs in genome sequencing has been paving the way to better preventive and personalized medicine. On the other hand, genomic ...
Understanding the challenges with medical data segmentation for privacy
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are perceived as a path to significant improvement in healthcare, and patient privacy is an important consideration in the adoption of EHRs. Medical record segmentation is a technique to provide privacy and protect ...
Privacy aspects of health related information sharing in online social networks
Online social networks (OSNs) have formed virtual social networks where people meet and share information. Among all shared information, health related information (HRI) has received considerable attention from researchers and individual users. While ...
Cataloging and comparing logging mechanism specifications for electronic health record systems
Electronic health record (EHR) systems must log all transactions with protected health information (PHI) to deter unauthorized behavior and prevent users from denying that they created, read, updated, or deleted PHI. However, a plethora of ...
Electronic prescription for controlled substances: a cybersecurity perspective
The Electronic Prescription for Controlled Substances (EPCS) is a set of rules published by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that regulates implementations of electronic prescription systems for controlled substances [1]. EPCS includes ...
Requirements and design for an extensible toolkit for analyzing EMR audit logs
Over the past decade, various regulations have been proposed and promulgated to support the auditing of accesses to Electronic Medical Record (EMRs). Current tools to support this process can improve their use of statistical and machine learning ...
Capability exchange: improving access control usability in health IT
Clinicians report usability problems in modern health IT systems in part because the strictness of computerization eliminates the layer of informality which previously enabled them to get their jobs done. In this paper, we examine a solution by ...
Using bowel sounds to create a forensically-aware insulin pump system
Patients are increasingly reliant on implantable medical device systems today. For patients with diabetes, an implantable insulin pump system can greatly improve their quality of life. As with any device, these devices can and do suffer from software ...
WattsUpDoc: power side channels to nonintrusively discover untargeted malware on embedded medical devices
Medical devices based on embedded systems are ubiquitous in clinical settings. Increasingly, they connect to networks and run off-the-shelf operating systems vulnerable to malware. But strict validation requirements make it prohibitively difficult or ...