Security analysis of emerging remote obstetrics monitoring systems

Chiu C. Tan, Li Bai, Dimitrios S. Mastrogiannis, Jie Wu

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Remote obstetrics care monitoring is currently being used in many different countries to improve the quality of prenatal care, with promising results. The next generation of remote monitoring systems take advantage of improvements in wireless communications and mobile phone technologies to incorporate off-the-shelf equipment, such as Android smartphones, into their design. This not only reduces the overall cost, but also allows for greater flexibility, since the patient can perform monitoring in the comfort of their home. However, our analysis suggests that recently proposed systems have inadequate security protections needed to meet HIPAA requirements for health data. We also proposed recommendations to improve the security of these emerging systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012
Pages329-334
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012 - Beijing, China
Duration: Oct 10 2012Oct 13 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period10/10/1210/13/12

Keywords

  • HIPAA
  • Home monitoring
  • Obstetrics
  • Security
  • Telemedicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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