Research on Trusted Personal Health and Wellness Information in Ubiquitous Health Information Space

Abstract

Information structures of current electronic patient record systems (EHRs) are based on the traditional paper-based documentation systems. The semantic interoperability of these systems is limited and security aspects are static. The usability and usefulness of these systems to citizen-based care model is very limited. In this research we identify the shift to pervasive health care where any type of health and welfare related data can be collected and linked at a personal basis. In this research context aware information model for the lifelong personal wellness record (LPWR) and a new security architecture will be developed. These will enable access, use and sharing of multi-source heterogeneous health and wellness related data and information dynamically in a trusted way in a ubiquitous health information space. Research outline, current state and expected outcomes are presented in this paper.