Proximity Based Access Control in Smart-Emergency Departments

In this paper, we propose a Proximity Based automated Access Control (PBAC) model for smart-ED environments which improves the existing ED work-flow by automating mundane administrative procedure for secure information access, allowing caregivers to focus on the treatment of patients. The proposed access model builds on the traditional role-based access control model and extends it by including multiple authentication levels for preventing unauthorized access. We also provide a semi-formal specification for the PBAC model. We further validate it using ultra-wide-band (UWB) based prototype which was tested in ED.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: PERCOM
• Authors: Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Tridib Mukherjee, Krishna K. Venkatasubramanian, T. B. Taylor
• Keywords: Access Control Model, PERCOM 2006, Proposed Access Model, Secure Information Access, Wireless Networks