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Article

A Medical Data Reliability Assessment Model

1
Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
2
UniK Graduate Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
3
Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2009, 4(2), 64-78; https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762009000200006
Submission received: 15 January 2009 / Accepted: 16 July 2009 / Published: 1 August 2009

Abstract

There is currently a strong focus worldwide on the potential of large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems to cut costs and improve patient outcomes through increased efficiency. This is accomplished by aggregating medical data from isolated Electronic Medical Record databases maintained by different healthcare providers. Concerns about the privacy and reliability of Electronic Health Records are crucial to healthcare service consumers. Traditional security mechanisms are designed to satisfy confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements, but they fail to provide a measurement tool for data reliability from a data entry perspective. In this paper, we introduce a Medical Data Reliability Assessment (MDRA) service model to assess the reliability of medical data by evaluating the trustworthiness of its sources, usually the healthcare provider which created the data and the medical practitioner who diagnosed the patient and authorised entry of this data into the patient’s medical record. The result is then expressed by manipulating health record metadata to alert medical practitioners relying on the information to possible reliability problems.
Keywords: Electronic Health Records; Trustworthiness; Reputation; Reliability; Subjective Logic Electronic Health Records; Trustworthiness; Reputation; Reliability; Subjective Logic

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Alhaqbani, B.; Jøsang, A.; Fidge, C. A Medical Data Reliability Assessment Model. J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2009, 4, 64-78. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762009000200006

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Alhaqbani B, Jøsang A, Fidge C. A Medical Data Reliability Assessment Model. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research. 2009; 4(2):64-78. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762009000200006

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alhaqbani, Bandar, Audun Jøsang, and Colin Fidge. 2009. "A Medical Data Reliability Assessment Model" Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 4, no. 2: 64-78. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762009000200006

APA Style

Alhaqbani, B., Jøsang, A., & Fidge, C. (2009). A Medical Data Reliability Assessment Model. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 4(2), 64-78. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762009000200006

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