scholarly journals Advancing Integrated and Personalized Healthcare Services, the AEGLE Approach

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Raptopoulos ◽  
Vasileios Tsoutsouras ◽  
Dimitrios Soudris
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Personalized Healthcare

scholarly journals A Smart Biometric Identity Management Framework for Personalised IoT and Cloud Computing-Based Healthcare Services

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Farnaz Farid ◽  
Mahmoud Elkhodr ◽  
Fariza Sabrina ◽  
Farhad Ahamed ◽  
Ergun Gide
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Homomorphic Encryption ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Personalized Healthcare ◽  
Authentication Mechanism ◽  
Federated Identity

This paper proposes a novel identity management framework for Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing-based personalized healthcare systems. The proposed framework uses multimodal encrypted biometric traits to perform authentication. It employs a combination of centralized and federated identity access techniques along with biometric based continuous authentication. The framework uses a fusion of electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals when performing authentication. In addition to relying on the unique identification characteristics of the users’ biometric traits, the security of the framework is empowered by the use of Homomorphic Encryption (HE). The use of HE allows patients’ data to stay encrypted when being processed or analyzed in the cloud. Thus, providing not only a fast and reliable authentication mechanism, but also closing the door to many traditional security attacks. The framework’s performance was evaluated and validated using a machine learning (ML) model that tested the framework using a dataset of 25 users in seating positions. Compared to using just ECG or PPG signals, the results of using the proposed fused-based biometric framework showed that it was successful in identifying and authenticating all 25 users with 100% accuracy. Hence, offering some significant improvements to the overall security and privacy of personalized healthcare systems.

Reimbursement and Telepractice

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Carol Dudding
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Delivery Models

Whether in our professional or private lives, we are all aware of the system wide efforts to provide quality healthcare services while containing the costs. Telemedicine as a method of service delivery has expanded as a result of changes in reimbursement and service delivery models. The growth and sustainability of telehealth within speech-language pathology and audiology, like any other service, depends on the ability to be reimbursed for services provided. Currently, reimbursement for services delivered via telehealth is variable and depends on numerous factors. An understanding of these factors and a willingness to advocate for increased reimbursement can bolster the success of practitioners interested in the telehealth as a service delivery method.

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