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IT Challenges for Space Medicine or How do We Protect Medical Information and Still Get Useful Work Done?Space Medicine provides healthcare services of various types for astronauts throughout their lifetime starting from the time they are selected as astronauts. IT challenges include: protection of private medical information, access from locations both inside and outside NASA, nearly 24x7 access, access during disasters, international partner access, data archiving, off-region backup, secure communication of medical data to people outside the NASA system (e.g. expert consultants), efficient movement of medical record information between locations, search and retrieval of relevant information, and providing all of these services/capabilities within a limited budget. In Space Medicine, we have provided for these in various ways: limit the amount of private medical information stored locally, utilize encryption mechanisms that the international partners can also use, utilize 2-factor authentication, virtualize servers, employ concept-based search, and use of standardized terminologies (SNOMED) and messaging (HL7).
Document ID
20100017251
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Johnson-Throop, Kathy A.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-20541
Meeting Information
Meeting: NASA IT Summit 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: August 16, 2010
End Date: August 18, 2010
Sponsors: NASA Headquarters
Distribution Limits
Public
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