SPAIMeH 2015 - 2nd International Workshop on Secure and Privacy-Aware Information Management in eHealth

SPAIMeH'15, held together with HealthCom 2015 (http://www.ieee-healthcom.org/index.html), the 17th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application & Services
Boston, USA
http://www.spaimeh.org/
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Information security and privacy in the healthcare domain is a complex and challenging problem for computer scientists, social scientists, law experts and policy makers. Appropriate healthcare provision requires specialized knowledge, is information intensive and much patient information is of a particularly sensitive nature. Electronic health record systems provide opportunities for information sharing which may enhance healthcare services, for both individuals and populations. However, appropriate information management measures are essential for privacy preservation.
Traditional access control measures for privacy preservation may not match the eHealth record system scenario, where the roles of all stakeholders are less defined. Questions regarding data ownership and information management obligations for major stakeholders (healthcare professionals, patients, administrators) arise. Healthcare professionals require ready access to as much information as possible to support informed decision making. However, patients may want to exercise control over the entities gaining access to their personal health information, with particular concerns for information privacy. Balancing these competing concerns is a major challenge in the implementation of successful eHealth systems. This is not just a technological challenge, but a multidisciplinary problem with technological, social, legal and health policy aspects.
This workshop will focus on this major challenge in terms of these four main areas. We seek papers addressing the technological, socio-technical, legal and policy aspects related to information security and privacy issues in eHealth systems.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics include but are not limited to:
- access control
- usage control
- information usage policy representation, enforcement and management
- rights management
- misuse detection
- provenance tracking
- transparency and accountability
- audit logs
- consumer acceptance of e-Health
- legal aspects relating to all aspects of information security and privacy in e-Health
- role of Big Data in information security and privacy
- usable security and privacy
- usability
AUTHOR'S INSTRUCTIONS
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Speakers will be allocated a maximum of 20 minutes for an oral presentation and short question and answer session. The expected presentation style must be suitable and open for a panel discussion at the end of the presentations, which will include invited domain experts and all participants.
Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers using EDAS System at https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21001&track=74453. A full paper should not have more than six (6) IEEE style pages including results, figures and references. Papers will be reviewed with the standard reviewing procedure (with at least 3 independent anonymous reviews). Accepted papers will be published on IEEExplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/). For each accepted paper, at least one author must register and present the paper at the workshop. Papers that are not presented will not be included in the workshop proceedings or included in IEEE Xplore.
IMPORTANT DATES
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* Workshop paper submission July 15, 2015 (firm)
* Notifications of acceptance August 10, 2015
* Camera-ready papers August 30, 2015
* Workshop date: October 14-17, 2015
For more information please check the Workshop website at:
http://www.spaimeh.org/