Authors:
Maria João Campos
1
and
Pedro Pereira Rodrigues
2
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
;
2
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and University of Porto, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Identity management, eHealth.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cloud Computing
;
Confidentiality and Data Security
;
e-Health
;
Health Information Systems
;
Platforms and Applications
Abstract:
Identity management represents an essential component for identification, authentication and authorization of patients, professionals, stakeholders and organizations in eHealth, combining information technologies and organizational procedures to provide security and privacy to health information. A literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles which were then grouped into themes according to the main subject. From the selected articles, plus their references, main findings, issues and future perspectives were systematized. A total of 31 articles were obtained, and after selection methodology 13 articles were included and grouped in four different themes: identity pseudonymisation and anonymization for secondary use, privacy preserving identity, identification, authentication and authorization identity in eHealth and identity and standardization. Through references cited in articles, research programs and working areas were also identified. Very few implementations cou
ld be found in literature, showing that this problem is even more complex than it seems and future adoption requires further research on new models and architectures. Furthermore, there is the need for a standard methodology for identity attributes interoperability between different stakeholders. Although there is a known large research effort in the context of identity in the information society in general, very few studies and experiences were found in the eHealth context.
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