A Decentralized Pseudonym Scheme for Cloud-based eHealth Systems

Liangyu Xu, Armin B. Cremers

2014

Abstract

A decentralized pseudonym scheme is proposed for providing storage, encryption and authentication of patients’ EHRs in cloud-based eHealth systems. The pseudonyms of a patient are generated from the patient’s secrets and each of them is used as the index of an EHR entry of the patient. An encryption key derived from the pseudonym can be used to encrypt the corresponding EHR entry. The pseudonyms can also be used for the patient proving the ownership of the EHR without disclosing the identity of the patient. Some protocols and remarks for using the pseudonym scheme are also discussed.

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Xu L. and Cremers A. (2014). A Decentralized Pseudonym Scheme for Cloud-based eHealth Systems . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 230-237. DOI: 10.5220/0004747602300237


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@conference{healthinf14,
author={Liangyu Xu and Armin B. Cremers},
title={A Decentralized Pseudonym Scheme for Cloud-based eHealth Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={230-237},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004747602300237},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - A Decentralized Pseudonym Scheme for Cloud-based eHealth Systems
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - Xu L.
AU - Cremers A.
PY - 2014
SP - 230
EP - 237
DO - 10.5220/0004747602300237