A multilayered architecture for the development of smart card-based healthcare applications

• Published in: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37439) Vol. 2; pp. 1378 - 1381 Vol.2
• Main Authors: Georgoulas, A., Giakoumaki, A., Koutsouris, D.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Application software; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Computer architecture; Handheld computers; Java; Laboratories; Medical services; Programming profession; Smart cards
• ISBN: 0780377893; 9780780377899
• ISSN: 1094-687X; 1558-4615
• DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1279564

The use of smart cards in healthcare promises to improve both the quality and the availability of healthcare services, providing a convenient and secure medium for storing and communicating medical information. However, the adoption of healthcard implementations within the national healthcare systems and IT strategies is relatively slow, blocked by a number of technical, administrative and medical barriers. This paper addresses the above problem by presenting a reference architecture, which facilitates healthcard applications development, covering all healthcare specific requirements and needs. The proposed architecture enables the development of cost-effective, flexible and interoperable healthcard solutions in Java, that make use of ISO 7816-compliant smart cards on different target platforms such as Windows, network computers and handheld devices.