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Security Architecture Design Process for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)

Published

Author(s)

Matthew A. Scholl, Kevin M. Stine, Kenneth Lin, Daniel Steinberg

Abstract

The purpose of this publication is to provide a systematic approach to designing a technical security architecture for the exchange of health information that leverages common government and commercial practices and that demonstrates how these practices can be applied to the development of HIEs. This publication assists organizations in ensuring that data protection is adequately addressed throughout the system development life cycle, and that these data protection mechanisms are applied when the organization develops technologies that enable the exchange of health information.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7497
Report Number
7497

Keywords

Health Information Exchange, health IT, HIE, information security

Citation

Scholl, M. , Stine, K. , Lin, K. and Steinberg, D. (2010), Security Architecture Design Process for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7497 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created September 30, 2010, Updated November 10, 2018