The design and implementation of the privacy protection system of a Regional Health Information Platform

Objective The Regional Health Information Platform (RHIP) is an integrated information sharing system for the collection, transmission, storage, sharing, and application of health related data in a city. This paper introduced the design and the implementation of the privacy protection system of the RHIP. Methods Both technical and administrative methods are applied for privacy protection. The specific measures are derived from the analysis of the business needs, system architecture, possibilities of privacy leakage, and the political rules of China. Results Five principles are established to protect the privacy issues in the RHIP. A series of key techniques and administrative strategies for protecting privacy issues of the RHIP are developed according to these five principles. A whole system of preventing information leakage and responding to the emergency was created. Conclusion It is an effective exploration of protecting privacy in sharing medical information to provide some beneficial experience of developing new information safety systems.