TY - CHAP A1 - Raptis, Georgios A2 - Wetter, Thomas T1 - Privacy and Data Protection: Mission Impossible? T2 - Consumer Health Informatics N2 - Medical confidentiality is very important because it builds the fundament of trust between doctors and patients. In modern health services data protection is essential. But there are also other important security objectives, such as integrity and authenticity of medical data and health services, as their breach can potentially lead to life threatening conditions. State of the art security mechanisms are necessary to protect medical data and services and prevent attacks known as “hacking”. They should include in particular cryptography, as you can usually rely on mathematics, more than in software security and access control mechanisms. As patients normally cannot assess the security of a service, security audits or certifications of health services should be provided to generate trust and confidence. KW - Gesundheitswesen KW - Medizinische Versorgung KW - Datenschutz KW - Datensicherung Y1 - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-oth-regensburg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/345 SN - 978-3-319-19589-6 SP - 273 EP - 280 PB - Springer International Publishing ER -