Characteristics of IS Security Approacheswith Respect to Healthcare

In this paper, we provide a detailed overview of specific characteristics required to evaluate IS security approaches withregard to their applicability in the healthcare domain. The future of integrated treatment is enabled by e-health solutions thatcomprise health services and information delivered or enhanced through communication and information technologies. Thisis based on the communication between medical information systems involving all healthcare stakeholders. Thus, theimplementation of e-health requires not only the establishment of IS communication infrastructures and the appropriatereorganization of current processes, but also requires the deployment of adequate security approaches concerning informationsystems in healthcare.[...]