In recent years, a number of countries have introduced plans for national electronic patient
record (EPR) systems. This paper argues that, in the near future, both patients and …

Information technology (IT) is highly promoted as a mechanism for advancing safety in
health care. Ironically, little attention has been paid to the issues of safety in health care IT …

This paper identifies and discusses recent information privacy violations or weaknesses
which have been found in national infrastructure systems in Australia, the United Kingdom …

The recent increase in cybersecurity threats and cyberattacks impact organizations at
various levels, including business-critical processes, and compromises business …

Fast and secure access to patients' records helps to save lives with timely treatment in
emergency situations. Therefore, anywhere-anytimeaccessible online health-care or …

Healthcare informatics affirm that healthcare presents most problems of user control with
disparate, individualized and often vulnerable users having little information with which to …

As exemplified in the 2010 Stuxnet attack on an Iranian nuclear facility, attackers have the
capabilities to embed infections in equipment that is employed in nuclear power systems. In …

Numerous data breach incidents have been reported in recent years and there is a
continuing requirement to protect patient and clinician confidentiality. However, the diversity …

Many preventive security measures purport to protect networks from cyber intrusions. These
adopted measures can generate a large amount of information that should be stored and …

Various healthcare areas such as diagnosis, surgery, intensive care and treatment, and
patient monitoring in general, would greatly benefit from light, autonomous devices which …