The Open Medical Informatics Journal
2008, 2 : 160-165Published online 2008 December 24. DOI: 10.2174/1874431100802010160
Publisher ID: TOMINFOJ-2-160
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Security Requirements for a Lifelong Electronic Health Record System: An Opinion
1
Computing Institute, University of Campinas, Brazil
2 Department of Heath Informatics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
* Address correspondence to this author at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas, Caixa Postal 6176, 13083-970 Campinas - SP, Brazil; E-mail: wainer@ic.unicamp.br
2 Department of Heath Informatics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
* Address correspondence to this author at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas, Caixa Postal 6176, 13083-970 Campinas - SP, Brazil; E-mail: wainer@ic.unicamp.br
ABSTRACT
This article discusses the authors' views on the security requirements of a central, unique electronic health record. The requirements are based on the well-known principles of confidentiality and integrity and the less discussed principles of control and legal value. The article does not discuss any technical or legal solutions to the requirements proposed herein.