An efficient secure communication for healthcare system using wearable devices

Abstract The E-healthcare system has a complex architecture, diverse business types, and sensitive data security. To meet the secure communication and access control requirements in the user-medical server, user-patient, patient-medical server and other scenarios in the E-healthcare system, secure and efficient authenticated key agreement and access authorization scheme need to be studied. However, the existing multi-server solutions do not consider the authentication requirements of the Wireless Body Area Network(WBAN), and are not suitable for user-patient, patient-medical server scenarios; most of the existing WBAN authentication scheme are single-server type, which are difficult to meet the requirements of multi-server applications; the study of user-patient real-time scenarios has not received due attention. This work first reveals the structural flaws and security vulnerabilities of the existing typical schemes, and then proposes an authentication and access control architecture suitable for multiple scenarios of the E-healthcare system with separate management and business, and designs a novel ECC-based multi-factor remote authentication and access control scheme for E-healthcare using physically uncloneable function (PUF) and hash. Security analysis and efficiency analysis show that the new scheme has achieved improved functionality and higher security while maintaining low computational and communication overhead.

Download Full-text

A sensitive information protection scheme in wearable devices based on quantum entanglement

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks ◽

10.1177/1550147718808487 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (10) ◽

pp. 155014771880848

Author(s):

Yongzhi Chen ◽

Xiaojun Wen ◽

Zhiwei Sun ◽

Zoe L Jiang ◽

Junbin Fang

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

Quantum Entanglement ◽

Secure Communication ◽

Wearable Devices ◽

Sensitive Information ◽

Mathematical Algorithm ◽

Protection Scheme ◽

Security Issues ◽

Quantum Secure Communication ◽

Secure Transmission

At present, wearable devices are in the ascendant in the field of personal smart communication terminals across the globe, but their information security issues deserve attention. We hereby propose a secure transmission solution that addresses the special requirements of wearable devices in information security. It is based on the principle of quantum secure communication and works well to protect sensitive information on wearable devices. The solution utilizes the coherence properties of quantum entanglement and uses quantum information security techniques such as quantum key distribution and non-orthogonal base measurement to realize secure transmission of sensitive information on wearable devices. Unlike traditional encryption methods based on the complexity of the mathematical algorithm, the solution has unconditional security.

Download Full-text

Advances in healthcare wearable devices

npj Flexible Electronics ◽

10.1038/s41528-021-00107-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sheikh M. A. Iqbal ◽

Imadeldin Mahgoub ◽

E Du ◽

Mary Ann Leavitt ◽

Waseem Asghar

Keyword(s):

Drug Delivery ◽

Cardiovascular Diseases ◽

Drug Delivery System ◽

Healthcare System ◽

Delivery System ◽

Wearable Devices ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

Muscle Disorders ◽

Personalized Healthcare ◽

Different Types

AbstractWearable devices have found numerous applications in healthcare ranging from physiological diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and muscle disorders to neurocognitive disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other psychological diseases. Different types of wearables are used for this purpose, for example, skin-based wearables including tattoo-based wearables, textile-based wearables, and biofluidic-based wearables. Recently, wearables have also shown encouraging improvements as a drug delivery system; therefore, enhancing its utility towards personalized healthcare. These wearables contain inherent challenges, which need to be addressed before their commercialization as a fully personalized healthcare system. This paper reviews different types of wearable devices currently being used in the healthcare field. It also highlights their efficacy in monitoring different diseases and applications of healthcare wearable devices (HWDs) for diagnostic and treatment purposes. Additionally, current challenges and limitations of these wearables in the field of healthcare along with their future perspectives are also reviewed.

Download Full-text

Blockchain-Based Healthcare Information Preservation Using Extended Chaotic Maps for HIPAA Privacy/Security Regulations

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112210576 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (22) ◽

pp. 10576

Author(s):

Tian-Fu Lee ◽

I-Pin Chang ◽

Ting-Shun Kung

Keyword(s):

Data Storage ◽

Secure Communication ◽

Chaotic Map ◽

Wearable Devices ◽

High Rate ◽

Healthcare Information ◽

Entire Process ◽

Information Preservation ◽

Extended Chaotic Maps ◽

Security Regulations

A healthcare information system allows patients and other users to remotely login to medical services to access health data through the Internet. To protect the privacy of patients and security over the public network, secure communication is required. Therefore, the security of data in transmission has been attracting increasing attention. In recent years, blockchain technology has also attracted more attention. Relevant research has been published at a high rate. Most methods of satisfying relevant security-related regulations use modular and exponential calculation. This study proposes a medical care information preservation mechanism that considers the entire process of data storage in devices from wearable devices to mobile devices to medical center servers. The entire process is protected and complies with HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The proposed scheme uses extended chaotic map technology to develop ID-based key negotiation for wearable devices, and thereby reduces the amount of computing that must be carried out by wearable devices and achieve lightness quantify. It also uses the non-tamperability of the blockchain to ensure that the data have not been tampered with, improving data security. The proposed mechanism can resist a variety of attacks and is computationally lighter than the elliptic curve point multiplication that has been used elsewhere, while retaining its security characteristics.

Download Full-text

Multi-User Home-Training Healthcare System Using Kinect Sensor and Wearable Devices

The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences ◽

10.7840/kics.2019.44.4.719 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 719-727

Author(s):

Da-won Kim ◽

Hee-jo Nam ◽

Seung-yeon Lee ◽

You-kyung Haam ◽

O-k Seo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Healthcare System ◽

Wearable Devices ◽

Kinect Sensor ◽

Home Training

Download Full-text

A Secure Home Healthcare System Based on 6LoWPAN WSN

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking ◽

10.4018/ijitn.2014070102 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 15-26

Author(s):

Xiaonan Wang ◽

Yi Mu

Keyword(s):

Healthcare System ◽

Secure Communication ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Hierarchical Architecture ◽

Physical Parameters ◽

Performance Parameters ◽

Ipv6 Address ◽

Home Based ◽

Address Configuration ◽

Timely Treatment

This paper proposes a secure home healthcare system based on 6LoWPAN WSN. In this system, the hierarchical architecture based on clusters is proposed, and the hierarchical address structure based on location information is presented. Based on the architecture and the address structure, the secure address configuration algorithm is proposed. According to the destination IPv6 address, this system can automatically perform the routing in the link layer without route discovery. This system achieves the secure communication. Through this system, at any time a physician can monitor the physical parameters of a home-based patient such as a senior or less-mobile person, and a home-based patient can also alert a physician to call for help. In the latter case, the physician can quickly obtain the location of the patient in order to perform effective and timely treatment. The performance parameters of this system are evaluated and compared, and the data results show that this system effectively improves the system performance.

Download Full-text