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Research Proposal on Security and Privacy of Health Data

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Research Proposal on Security and Privacy of Health Data

Summary of the Research

The health sector is important because it ensures the health of the populace. Over the years, there has been digitization of health data with the aim of enabling faster efficient and effective delivery of healthcare services. Digitization of health care enables faster retrieval of health records hence facilitates faster and informed healthcare decisions (Nass, Levit & Gostin, 2009). Due to the importance of digitization of healthcare data, big healthcare data emerged; it changed the way data was previously managed (Abouelmehdi, Beni-Hessane & Khaloufi, 2018). The availability of big healthcare data comes with privacy and security challenges that must be solved. In cognizance of the challenges, the research focuses on identifying mechanisms used in ensuring the security and the limitations of available solutions and how they can be improved amidst increasing amount of healthcare data.

Outline of the Research

The Introduction to the Research

· Overview of healthcare data

· Justification of the research

· Research objectives

· Research questions

Review of Literature

· The differences between privacy and security of health data

· Data protection laws in relation to health

· Privacy and security concerns of health data

· Technologies use in privacy and security of health data

i. Authentication

ii. De-identification

iii. Encryption

iv. Data masking

v. Access control

vi. Monitoring and auditing

· Challenges of existing technologies

Methodology

· Sample selection

· Methods of data collection,

i. Online surveys

ii. Oral interviews

· Data analysis

i. Thematic analysis

Research Findings and Discussion

Recommendations

· Ways of improving the limitations of existing technologies

Conclusion

· The available opportunities for preserving the privacy and the security of health data

Limitations of the Study

· Considerations for future research

References

Abouelmehdi, K ., Beni-Hessane, A and Khaloufi, H (2018). Big Healthcare Data: Preserving Security and Privacy. Journal of Big Data, 5(1), pp. 15-28.

Nass, S. J., Levit, L.A and Gostin, L. O (eds.) (2009). Beyond The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research. Washington DC: National Academies Press.