Security, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Computerised Health Data in Europe

Abstract

The European directive 95/46/CE has defined the legal framework of all personal data collection and treatment and the right of patients about the processing of their personal medical information. The development of telemedicine and domotics are real services provided to the patients but the raising new questions about the share of liability in case of medical litigation and the protection of patients' privacy when a camera is permanently at home. Solutions protecting privacy may be found by using security tools based on cryptography and therefore then main technical principles must be known.