A reliable user authentication and key agreement scheme for web-based hospital-Acquired infection surveillance information system
Journal
Journal of Medical Systems
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
4
Pages
2547-2555
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Abstract
With the rapid development of the Internet, both digitization and electronic orientation are required on various applications in the daily life. For hospital-Acquired infection control, a Web-based Hospital-Acquired Infection Surveillance System was implemented. Clinical data from different hospitals and systems were collected and analyzed. The hospital-Acquired infection screening rules in this system utilized this information to detect different patterns of defined hospital-Acquired infection. Moreover, these data were integrated into the user interface of a signal entry point to assist physicians and healthcare providers in making decisions. Based on Service-Oriented Architecture, web-service techniques which were suitable for integrating heterogeneous platforms, protocols, and applications, were used. In summary, this system simplifies the workflow of hospital infection control and improves the healthcare quality. However, it is probable for attackers to intercept the process of data transmission or access to the user interface. To tackle the illegal access and to prevent the information from being stolen during transmission over the insecure Internet, a password-based user authentication scheme is proposed for information integrity. ? 2011 oSpringer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Subjects
Authentication; Hospital-Acquired infection; Illegal access; Infection control; Surveillance system
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Other Subjects
algorithm; article; clinical decision making; control; decision support system; disease surveillance; health care quality; hospital infection; hospital information system; information processing; process development; workflow; access to information; computer security; computer system; cross infection; health survey; human; Internet; methodology; Taiwan; Access to Information; Computer Security; Computer Systems; Cross Infection; Hospital Information Systems; Humans; Internet; Population Surveillance; Taiwan
Type
journal article