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A Systematic Mapping Study on Patient Data Privacy and Security for Software System Development

Authors:
Isma Masood
Saad Zafar

Keywords: Systematic mapping study; Electronic Health Records (EHR); Patient data privacy and security; Software system development.

Abstract:
The exchange of Electronic Health Records (EHR) has increased threats to patient data privacy and security. The software systems developed for healthcare sector are required to explicitly address patient data privacy and security. A number of solutions have been proposed to incorporate these requirements into the software systems. However, there is no comprehensive study that synthesizes the different research initiatives according to any predetermined criteria. The main focus of this paper is to survey the various proposed solutions in the literature to incorporate patient data privacy and security into software systems. The proposed solutions are mapped against: (1) the software development stage for which the solution has been proposed, and (2) the established patient privacy and security principles. The existing literature has been surveyed using a systematic mapping study by phrasing two questions. In the mapping study, a total of 58 studies, dating from 2000 to 2011, were evaluated and mapped against the aforementioned categories.

Pages: 166 to 170

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: October 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-165-6

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011