Reprint

Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors

Edited by
June 2022
256 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4388-8 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4387-1 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors that was published in

Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

Cybercrime is increasingly exposing the health domain to growing risk. The push towards a strong connection of citizens to health services, through digitalization, has undisputed advantages. Digital health allows remote care, the use of medical devices with a high mechatronic and IT content with strong automation, and a large interconnection of hospital networks with an increasingly effective exchange of data. However, all this requires a great cybersecurity commitment—a commitment that must start with scholars in research and then reach the stakeholders. New devices and technological solutions are increasingly breaking into healthcare, and are able to change the processes of interaction in the health domain. This requires cybersecurity to become a vital part of patient safety through changes in human behaviour, technology, and processes, as part of a complete solution. All professionals involved in cybersecurity in the health domain were invited to contribute with their experiences. This book contains contributions from various experts and different fields. Aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare relating to technological advance and emerging risks were addressed. The new boundaries of this field and the impact of COVID-19 on some sectors, such as mhealth, have also been addressed. We dedicate the book to all those with different roles involved in cybersecurity in the health domain.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© by the authors
Keywords
n/a; personal health record; emergency access; access control; blockchain; hyperledger fabric; hyperledger composer; auditability; privacy & security; blockchain; healthcare; review; electronic medical record; cloud; internet of things; technology convergence; eHealth; medical devices; digital health; mHealth; cyber-risk; pacemaker; artificial pancreas; app; regulation; wearable device; digital identity; decentralized identity; identity management; healthcare; blockchain; smart contract; Ethereum; sexism; social networks; adolescence; digital gender gap; emotional well-being; healthcare service; body area network; privacy; authentication; security protocol; cybersecurity culture; COVID-19; security assessment; phishing; health domain; cybersecurity; fuzzy cognitive maps; telehealth; scenario analysis; planning; eHealth; medical devices; digital health; mHealth; cyber-risk; contact tracing; digital health; app; pandemic; COVID-19; fall detection; fall prediction; fall prevention; fall risk factors; gait assessment; 5G networks; healthcare; key performance indicators; wireless communication; cybersecurity culture; awareness; security assessment; healthcare domain; n/a