期刊名称：electronic Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional
摘要：Advancement in telecommunication combined with improved information technology infrastructures has opened up new dimensions in e-health environment. Such technologies make readily available to access, store, manipulate and replicate medical information and images. These technologies help reduced the time and effort in diagnoses and treatment at lower cost. However, protection and authentication of such medical information and images are now becoming increasingly important in the telemedicine environment, where images are readily distributed over electronic networks. Intruders/hackers may gain access to confidential information and possibly alter or even delete such vital records. The ultimate success of telemedicine demands an effective technology as well as privacy and security of records. This paper explores recently identified privacy and security issues that affect telemedicine. We feature threats on security and authentication of medical records, and propose digital watermarking as a technology to curb authentication issues in telemedicine.
