Secure electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) for the United Kingdom National Health Service

Mundy, DP

Abstract

This thesis describes an investigation by the author into the provision of a secure
Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP) system for the United Kingdom (UK)
National Health Service (NHS). Initially an investigation is carried out into why ETP is
needed and the barriers to the successful implementation of an ETP system
concentrating both on a literature review of the field and the authors own field analysis
work. The author then presents a detailed design for an ETP system including how he
has solved the various research issues involved. These research issues include how to
create a usable system designed to protect patient privacy. For this research issue the
author presents a unique solution, the use of symmetric keys within barcode structures.
As part of his research the author has also generated an Application Programming
Interface (API) for his design. This can be used in conjunction with previously existing
NHS client software to facilitate the adoption of the authors design in practice. Finally,
the author details project evaluative work including quantitative performance analysis of
the system and qualitative focus group studies. This work was funded by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grant number
GR/M83483. The work presented in this Thesis forms the basis of multiple research
papers which can be found at http:\\sec.isi.salford.ac.uk\.

Citation

Mundy, D. Secure electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) for the United Kingdom National Health Service. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2012
• Award Date: Jan 1, 2004