End-to-End Encryption for Personal Telehealth Systems

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Cybersecurity
• Telemedicine

Background:

• Personal health devices are crucial for future personalized care.
• Existing communication frameworks face security and privacy challenges.
• Continua Health Alliance guidelines address data transmission but have security gaps.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present an end-to-end (E2E) encryption framework for personal health device data.
• To enhance the security and privacy of health data transmission.
• To address identified weaknesses in current security definitions.

Main Methods:

• Developing an E2E encryption framework integrated with Continua's architecture.
• Proposing extensions to the Continua reference architecture.
• Modifying standardized protocols including ISO/IEEE 11073 and HL7 version 2.

Main Results:

• An approach for an E2E encryption framework is presented.
• The framework builds upon Continua's architecture and international standards.
• Specific extensions to architecture and protocols are proposed.

Conclusions:

• The proposed framework enhances security and privacy for personal health device data.
• Addressing issues like identity management and E2E encryption is critical.
• The approach integrates with existing standards for practical implementation.