Implementing digital signatures for healthcare enterprises: the case of online disability evaluation reports. (3rd May 2005)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tulu, Bengisu; Li, Haiqing; Chatterjee, Samir; Hilton, Brian; , Thomas Horan
• Is Part Of: International journal of healthcare technology and management. Volume 6:Number 4-6(2005)
• Page Start: 470
• Page End: 488
• Publication Date: 2005-05-03
• Subjects: case study -- digital signatures -- healthcare -- public key infrastructure -- security framework -- online evaluation reports -- disability evaluation reports -- electronic reports -- medical reports -- patient reports; Medical technology -- Periodicals; Medical technology -- Management -- Periodicals; 610.28
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-2156

Abstract

This paper presents a conceptual security framework and a case study of a digital signature solution implementation for a healthcare organisation that provides disability evaluation services for various government agencies and private companies. One service the company provides for its clients is online disability report generation and electronic report submission. When generating these disability reports, the signature of the examining physician is required for submission. The current process used by the company involves the manual collection of signatures. To streamline this process, and to meet legal and client requirements, the company investigated a digital signature solution. A security framework previously proposed was utilised to guide the implementation of the digital signature solution. This security framework consists of eight sequential stages. An in-depth analysis of the first seven stages for this case is provided, including guidelines for choosing digital signature solutions, vendor analyses and implementation issues.