Quality assured trusted third parties for deploying secure internet-based healthcare applications

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Information Management
• Quality Assurance Systems
• Information Security

Background:

• Trusted Third Party (TTP) services are crucial in medical environments.
• A standardized quality framework for TTPs is currently lacking.
• Ensuring trustworthiness and reliability of TTP services is paramount for medical data integrity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a comprehensive reference framework for quality-assured TTP services in healthcare.
• To provide guidelines for developing a TTP quality system aligned with ISO-9000 standards.
• To enhance the trustworthiness and credibility of TTPs within the medical sector.

Main Methods:

• Development of a reference framework for TTP quality systems.
• Mapping TTP organizational requirements to ISO-9000 standards.
• Identification of key TTP quality requirements and system elements.

Main Results:

• A structured quality system for TTP organizations.
• Enhanced trustworthiness and reliability of TTP services.
• Increased confidence from the medical community in provided TTP services.
• Value-added certification services meeting customer requirements.

Conclusions:

• The proposed framework establishes a clear structure for TTP organizations.
• Implementation of the quality system maximizes organizational effectiveness.
• The framework ensures TTP services are efficient, reliable, secure, credible, and trustworthy.