Abstract: With the increasing costs and the decreasing quality of care in the US healthcare industry, there are substantial incentives by the US government to move towards an integrated national health network. The sensitive nature of the healthcare data to be exchanged requires the integrated network to address the privacy and information security concerns. This study describes the design and implementation considerations to provide an information security blueprint for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). The objective of this research is twofold. First, it aims to provide background information about technology implementations in healthcare organizations, current Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) services, electronic healthcare records (EHRs) and design considerations for healthcare networks. In addition, it explores current wide area network (WAN) technologies and various security methods for assuring the secure healthcare information exchange between medical providers. The positive preliminary feedback from several HIT professionals validates the proposed blueprint.

Keywords: Healthcare information technology, Information Security, nationwide health information network, wide area network technologies, electronic health rec

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Recommended Citation: Yaylacicegi, U., Benli, S., Mitchell, S. A., Vetter, R. (2013). Information Security Blueprint . Journal of Information Systems Applied Research, 6(4) pp 14-30. http://jisar.org/2013-6/ ISSN: 1946-1836. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of CONISAR 2012)