Date:5/28/2010

when a patient seeks emergency care when traveling or when a patient's primary care physician wants to consult a specialist located at a hospital in a different state. Such exchanges are complicated considerably by differing laws and policies as well as incompatibilities between different health information systems.

Technologies that allow people to monitor and manage their health at home and other settings outside of hospitals is being used for a number of health wellness goals, such as chronic disease management and independent aging. However, security and privacy risks are a major barrier to their adoption. Sensing devices collect sensitive personal information, ranging from physiological data to patients' activities and location, and networked implanted devices raise the risk that adversaries can find ways to control them.

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Contact: David F. Salisbury david.salisbury@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-6803 Vanderbilt University Source:Eurekalert

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