Standardisation as a Means to Improve Information Security in Process-Oriented Distributed Healthcare

• Regardless of who we are, where we are, and when we get sick, we expect the healthcare sectors to take care of us. And we expect it to treat us with respect. Not the least, this concerns treating our personal information with care. However, the reality is that most healthcare institutions work separately, and that the flow of patient information therefore is less than optimal. This paper aims to investigate how current standards map against the concept of information security, and how process-orientation can be used in conjunction with standards to create secure information flows in healthcare. It does so by describing information security and process-orientation, and investigates how standards for information security apply in a process-oriented, distributed healthcare sector. The result shows that a dual focus is needed, on document and process standardisation, and that healthcare is facing great challenges in order to make this work.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Process-orientation

Standardization

Information security

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