e-Health Security Management: Communications Security, Data Processing Security and Patient Privacy [Hardcover]

Digital evolution, whether through Internet advances or the development of connected objects, has triggered a veritable societal revolution. Thanks to technological advances, e-health services enable healthcare professionals to monitor patients in real time. However, new challenges have also arisen in the field of e-health, concerning the security of medical data, as well as the protection of patient privacy.

After presenting e-health architectures and explaining the proliferation of cyber attacks, e-Health Security Management focuses on proposing solutions designed to meet these security imperatives and respect patient privacy, such as the use of blockchain, biometrics , new encryption methods or artificial intelligence. Implementing these solutions is crucial to guarantee the acceptance and effectiveness of e-health services.

Chapter 1 Overview of e-Health Architectures 1
Omessaad Hamdi

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Definitions 2

1.2.1 e-Health 2

1.2.2 Telehealth 2

1.2.3 m-Health 2

1.2.4 Telemedicine 2

1.3 e-Health services 3

1.4 Requirements for e-health systems 4

1.5 e-Health system architecture 5

1.5.1 Components of an e-health architecture 6

1.5.2 Features of e-health systems 6

1.6 e-Health system technologies 8

1.6.1 Devices 8

1.6.2 Connecting technologies 9

1.6.3 Other technologies 10

1.7 Security in e-health systems 12

1.7.1 Security services 12

1.7.2 Legal environment for e-health systems 13

1.8 Medical data security 14

1.8.1 Cryptography 14

1.8.2 Biometricsls<