Wireless technology infrastructures for authentication of patients: PKI that rings.
As the public interest in consumer-driven electronic health care applications rises, so do concerns about the privacy and security of these applications. Achieving a balance between providing the necessary security while promoting user acceptance is a major obstacle in large-scale deployment of applications such as personal health records (PHRs). Robust and reliable forms of authentication are needed for PHRs, as the record will often contain sensitive and protected health information [...]
Author(s): Sax, Ulrich, Kohane, Isaac, Mandl, Kenneth D
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1681