MIM Virtual Working Group on
Security

(Preliminary version in construction )

Introduction

This working group has been created by the MIM, Belgian Medical Informatics Association, http://www.bmia.be, according to the guidelines.

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Scope and identified current issues

• Functional issues :
  • Access rules : who may have access?   to what?   why?   on which conditions?
• Encryption :
• How to encrypt data
• Authentication :
• Who is exactly the user, an issue particularly critical in telemedicine.
• Electronic identity cards.
• Responsibility
• Electronic signature, legal issues :
• Reliabitility aspect
• How far is a software reliable.
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Notes :

• Conference of Filip De MEYER on 4 May 2000, on Medical responsibility and eletronic signature

Related links

• Other organizations with similar objectives .....
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Members of the VWG

• ( Name, Email, organization )
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Diverse other relevant information