Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries

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dc.contributor.advisorKayem, Anneen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMarsden, Garyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSsembatya, Richarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T12:32:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T12:32:26Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhile there has been an increase in the design and development of Personal Health Record (PHR) systems in the developed world, little has been done to explore the utility of these systems in the developing world. Despite the usual problems of poor infrastructure, PHR systems designed for the developing world need to conform to users with different models of security and literacy than those designed for developed world. This study investigated a PHR system distributed across mobile devices with a security model and an interface that supports the usage and concerns of low literacy users in developing countries. The main question addressed in this study is: “Can personal health records be stored securely and usefully on mobile phones?” In this study, mobile phones were integrated into the PHR architecture that we/I designed because the literature reveals that the majority of the population in developing countries possess mobile phones. Additionally, mobile phones are very flexible and cost efficient devices that offer adequate storage and computing capabilities to users for typically communication operations. However, it is also worth noting that, mobile phones generally do not provide sufficient security mechanisms to protect the user data from unauthorized access.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSsembatya, R. (2014). <i>Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13035en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSsembatya, Richard. <i>"Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13035en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSsembatya, R. 2014. Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ssembatya, Richard AB - While there has been an increase in the design and development of Personal Health Record (PHR) systems in the developed world, little has been done to explore the utility of these systems in the developing world. Despite the usual problems of poor infrastructure, PHR systems designed for the developing world need to conform to users with different models of security and literacy than those designed for developed world. This study investigated a PHR system distributed across mobile devices with a security model and an interface that supports the usage and concerns of low literacy users in developing countries. The main question addressed in this study is: “Can personal health records be stored securely and usefully on mobile phones?” In this study, mobile phones were integrated into the PHR architecture that we/I designed because the literature reveals that the majority of the population in developing countries possess mobile phones. Additionally, mobile phones are very flexible and cost efficient devices that offer adequate storage and computing capabilities to users for typically communication operations. However, it is also worth noting that, mobile phones generally do not provide sufficient security mechanisms to protect the user data from unauthorized access. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries TI - Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13035 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13035
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSsembatya R. Designing an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countries. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13035en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleDesigning an architecture for secure sharing of personal health records : a case of developing countriesen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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