Security Improvements for Better and Safer Cross-Border ePrescription and Patient Summary Services

Dimitrios G. Katehakis, George Pangalos and Andriana Prentza
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Dimitrios G. Katehakis: Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
George Pangalos: Informatics and Information Security Laboratory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Andriana Prentza: Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 2017, vol. 6, issue 1, 18-28

Abstract: Large-scale deployment of electronic Prescription and Patient Summary services (eP/ PS) is expected to enable seamless cross-border care and secure access to patient health information between European healthcare systems. Guaranteeing national readiness to support priorities, determined at the political level, is also considered a key prerequisite for the facilitation of access to health services across borders. This work focuses on required technological improvements to address reliability and quality challenges through the adoption of generic/ non-health specific building blocks (BBs) for basic cross-border public services in Europe. More specifically, what is presented is the introduction of generic components for non-repudiation, end point detection, and electronic identification, to effectively support the implementation of Directive 2011/ 24 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. These interventions are considered to be necessary steps for the introduction of better quality, trustworthy, cross-border eP/ PS across Europe.

Date: 2017
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