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Device interoperability and authentication for telemedical appliance based on the ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health device (PHD) standards | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Device interoperability and authentication for telemedical appliance based on the ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health device (PHD) standards


Abstract:

In this study, we focused on the interoperability and authentication of medical devices in the context of telemedical systems. A recent standard called the ISO/IEEE 11073...Show More

Abstract:

In this study, we focused on the interoperability and authentication of medical devices in the context of telemedical systems. A recent standard called the ISO/IEEE 11073 Personal Health Device (X73-PHD) Standards addresses the device interoperability problem by defining common protocols for agent (medical device) and manager (appliance) interface. The X73-PHD standard however has not addressed security and authentication of medical devices which is important in establishing integrity of a telemedical system. We have designed and implemented a security policy within the X73-PHD standards. The policy will enable device authentication using Asymmetric-Key Cryptography and the RSA algorithm as the digital signature scheme. We used two approaches for performing the digital signatures: direct software implementation and use of embedded security modules (ESM). The two approaches were evaluated and compared in terms of execution time and memory requirement. For the standard 2048-bit RSA, ESM calculates digital signatures only 12% of the total time for the direct implementation. Moreover, analysis shows that ESM offers more security advantage such as secure storage of keys compared to using direct implementation. Interoperability with other systems was verified by testing the system with LNI Healthlink, a manager software that implements the X73-PHD standard. Lastly, security analysis was done and the system's response to common attacks on authentication systems was analyzed and several measures were implemented to protect the system against them.
Date of Conference: 28 August 2012 - 01 September 2012
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 10 November 2012
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PubMed ID: 23366130
Conference Location: San Diego, CA, USA

I. Introduction

In a telemedical system, medical services can be delivered to patients in remote locations. A general telemedical system consists of the central authority, usually a domain expert or hospital which communicates to a telemedical appliance that is located remotely. The biomedical signals from the medical devices along with patient information are sent by the telemedical appliance to a domain expert for analysis and diagnosis.

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