Modeling Privacy Aware Health Information Exchange Systems

12 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2014

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Andras Nadas

Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems

Mark Frisse

Vanderbilt University - School of Medicine

Janos Sztipanovits

Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems

Date Written: June 23, 2014

Abstract

Healthcare delivery requires the coordination of activities across many different service providers and organizations and generally requires the secure exchange of health information across organizations. Privacy and care management policies at the federal, state, and institutional level lead to a confusing array of potentially contradictory or subjective policy interpretations. Enforcement of these policies is equally problematic. In this paper we present a novel approach that may simplify policy creation, interpretation, and implementation in health information systems. Our approach uses the tools of Model Integrated Computing and Logic Programming to alliteratively reduce the gap between functional system requirements and the privacy policies that are mandated by the Government and the Institution. This approach will provide both insight and explanatory power that may lead to simpler and more consistent policies across jurisdictions. The automatic generation of executable code from the system suggests a scalable approach to policy enforcement.

Suggested Citation

Nadas, Andras and Frisse, Mark and Sztipanovits, Janos, Modeling Privacy Aware Health Information Exchange Systems (June 23, 2014). University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012 (APC 2012), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2458008 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2458008

Andras Nadas (Contact Author)

Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems ( email )

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Mark Frisse

Vanderbilt University - School of Medicine ( email )

Nashville, TN 37232-0685
United States

Janos Sztipanovits

Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems ( email )

1025 16th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212
United States

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