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To give proper medical treatment, it is important to have access to updated health information on patients. In emergency situations where the treatment is not planned in advance, vital information will seldom be readily available. Smart cards can improve this, but one has to make sure that patient privacy is not sacrificed to improve availability. This paper discusses possible security solutions for an emergency health card, and evaluates to what extent we can assure availability and privacy at the same time.
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Tøndel, I.A. (2006). Improving Availability of Emergency Health Information without Sacrificing Patient Privacy. In: Fischer-Hübner, S., Rannenberg, K., Yngström, L., Lindskog, S. (eds) Security and Privacy in Dynamic Environments. SEC 2006. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 201. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33406-8_1
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