Pseudonymization Based Mechanism for Security & Privacy of Healthcare

EHR systems are highly desired for efficient integration of all relevant medical information of a person and to represent a lifelong documentation of medical history. Several threats to confidentiality of healthcare information from inside the healthcare institution, outsider intrusion into medical information systems is crucial. Every healthcare organization, clinic and hospital has its own information system to maintain patient data. Hence there is a need to provide standards for data exchange. Thus, electronic health records should be standardized, incorporating semantic interoperability.This PcPbEHR solution will provide a convenient, simple, privacy preserving, secure mechanism which enables availability of patient¿s health information to any healthcare entity at any time with the consent of patient.