Gathering and managing complementary diagnostic tests

• Author(s): Santos, J.C. ; Pedrosa, Tiago ; Costa, Carlos M. ; Oliveira, J.L.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/7046
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Complementary diagnostic tests; Personal health information; Security; Privacy
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Personal health information is constituted in its greatest part by complementary diagnostic tests which are an important medical aid. This information is generated dispersedly because the patient seeks medical care in many different places over his lifetime. Access to a comprehensive set of a patient’s health information is a challenge. It revolves around the patient so any managing scheme must be patient-centric. We took a pragmatic approach to this problem and developed a software standalone platform for secure personal health information storage, namely complementary diagnostic tests, on a portable device for mobility. Simplicity and ease of use were main objectives. A special attention was given to the security aspects associated with storing this kind of information.