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Shared care requires open distributed information systems for supporting communication and co-operation. Regarding the sensitive character of personal medical information, such communication and co-operation must be provided securely. Meeting the European as well as national legislation, several projects such as ISHTAR, TrustHealth, MEDSEC, EUROMED-ETS, and HARP have been launched by the European Commission for specifying, implementing and evaluating appropriate security solutions. Based on the mentioned projects’ results, a trustworthy shared care infrastructure is discussed in the paper.
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Blobel, B., Pharow, P. (2001). The Need and Practice of User Authentication and TTP Services in Distributed Health Information Systems. In: Dupuy, M., Paradinas, P. (eds) Trusted Information. SEC 2001. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46998-7_5
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