A Survey on Healthcare Standards and Security Requirements for Electronic Health Records

Healthcare in cloud is fundamental enforcement in terms of security and privacy. Research on the various security issues surrounding healthcare information systems has been carried out in recent years. The security and privacy standards for EHR are defined in ISO/TS 18308 standard. Adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) in healthcare industry has major importance in terms of security and privacy of patient's information. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) address confidentiality and security of Protected Health Information (PHI) that includes patient's electronic health record. This paper describes the extensive survey on different standards required for security and privacy of EHR and propose a security framework.