A model for controlling data flow in distributed healthcare environments

Jatinder Singh; Luis Vargas; Jean Bacon

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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A model for controlling data flow in distributed healthcare environments

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2572,
    author={Jatinder Singh and Luis Vargas and Jean Bacon},
    title={A model for controlling data flow in distributed healthcare environments},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={Centralized control Collaboration Environmental management Hospitals Laboratories Medical services  Middleware Organizational aspects Protection Publish-subscribe},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2572}
}

Jatinder Singh
Luis Vargas
Jean Bacon
Year: 2008
A model for controlling data flow in distributed healthcare environments
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2572

Jatinder Singh¹^,*, Luis Vargas¹^,*, Jean Bacon¹^,*

1: Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge

*Contact email: Jatinder.Singh@cl.cam.ac.uk, Luis.Vargas@cl.cam.ac.uk, Jean.Bacon@cl.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

Parties providing health services must have access to relevant patient data. Data sharing is common, as healthcare environments involve the collaboration of care providers, often across organisational structures. Whilst data availability is crucial to the care process, the confidential nature of medical information means that data must also be protected. To assist in the new data management concerns of distributed health systems, this paper introduces a model, built upon publish-subscribe mechanisms, for controlling the flow of data in a multi-domain homecare environment.

Keywords: Centralized control Collaboration Environmental management Hospitals Laboratories Medical services Middleware Organizational aspects Protection Publish-subscribe

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2572