Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions

The present book represents a significant contribution in the field, which provides relevant and newest theoretical frameworks and references to the most recent empirical research findings in this area. In particular, it deals with the issue of access control and secure exchange of health information over the internet through web healthcare and related information systems. It attempts to deal with issues relating to certification and security procedures, to identify open threats and emerging needs and to provide solutions to the various challenges. Indeed, it constitutes a valuable tool for every professional intending to develop or support a health related application over the internet or participate in such an application. As such a tool, this book will increase the interaction between health care, health administration and health information technology professionals and all other interested parties.

Intended for medical technologists, computer programmers and information security specialists, this collection of fourteen articles on web security for networked health related computer services provides information on current research in authentication, authorization and certification technology for securing web medicine applications. Divided into sections, topics covered include control, flexible control mechanisms, certification and evaluation of security, trust networks, wireless security, legal responsibilities and standards. ...