Forwarded from: Theodore Stergiou <tsterg (at) yahoo.co.uk>
Apologies for multiple reception
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Wiley just launched a new journal titled "Security and Communication
Networks". For more info, please check its home at
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/114299116/.
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CFP for Special Issue on Clinical Information Systems (CIS) Security
Wiley InterScience Security and Communication Networks Journal
Background
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Managing records of patient care has become an increasingly complex
issue with the widespread use of advanced technologies. The vast amount
of information for every routine care must be securely processed over
different data bases. Clinical Information Systems (CIS) address the
need for a computerized approach in managing personal health
information. Hospitals and public or private health insurance
organizations are continuously upgrading their database and data
management systems to more sophisticated architectures. The possible
support of the large patient archives and the flexibility of a CIS in
providing up-to-date patient information and worldwide doctors
collaboration, have leveraged the research on CIS both in academic and
government domains. At the same time, it has become apparent that
patients require more control over their clinical data, either being
results of clinical examinations or medical history. Due to the large
amount of information that can be found on the Internet and the free
access to medical practitioners and hospitals worldwide, patients may
choose to communicate their information so as to obtain several expert
opinions regarding their conditions. Given the sensitive nature of the
information stored and inevitably in transit, security has become an
issue of outmost necessity. Numerous EU and US research projects have
been launched to address security in CIS (e.g. EUROMED, ISHTAR, RESHEN),
whereas regulatory compliance to acts such as the HIPAA has become an
obligation for centers moving to CIS.
This Special Issue will serve as a venue for both academia and industry
individuals and groups working in this fast-growing research area to
share their experiences and state-of-the-art work with the readers.
Scope of Contributions
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The topics of interest in this Special Issue include, but are not
limited to:
* Authentication techniques for CIS
* Authorization mechanisms and approaches for patient-centric data
* Public Key Infrastructures to support diverse clinical information
environments and networks
* Cryptographic protocols for use to secure patient-centric data
* Secure communication protocols for the communication of clinical data
* Wireless sensor networks security
* Body sensor networks security
* CIS Database security
* Interoperability across diverse CIS environments (national and
multilateral)
* Government and international regulatory and compliance requirements
Submission and Review
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All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working
in the areas. Articles should be written in a style comprehensible to
readers outside the specialty of the article conforming to the standards
of Security and Communication Networks Journal. This special issue
solely targets research areas surrounding CIS security. Submitted papers
should reflect on the current state of clinical information systems and,
hence, preference will be given to authors whose work is directly
related to CIS and not researchers attempting to connect their work on
information security with CIS. The Guest Editors reserve every right to
prevent conflicts of interest to the journal as required by the
Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board.
The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the
standard fonts: Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. It is not
necessary for authors to double-line space their manuscript. Tables must
be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated
into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files.
For manuscript submission authors should follow the guidelines described
in Section For Authors at
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/114299116/ForAuthors.html.
Prospective authors should submit their paper online at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the
authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as Special Issue,
enter the Running Head and the Special Issue title as SCN-SI-001 and CIS
Security, respectively.
Important Dates
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Manuscript Submission Due: 10 February 2008
Acceptance Notification: 10 May 2008
Final Manuscript Due: 1 June 2008
Publication: July/August 2008
Guest Editors
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The contact information of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue is
given below:
Theodore Stergiou
IT Advisory
KPMG Kyriacou Advisors AE
Athens, Greece
tstergiou (at) kpmg.gr
Dimitrios Delivasilis
Managing Director of Incrypto Ltd.
Athens, Greece
dld (at) incrypto.com
Mark S Leeson
School of Engineering
University of Warwick
M.S.Leeson (at) warwick.ac.uk
Ray Yueh-Min Huang
Department of Engineering Science
National Cheng-Kung University
Taiwan, R.O.C.
huang (at) mail.ncku.edu.tw
Dr Theodore Stergiou, MIET,MIEEE
Information Systems Security Engineer
email: tsterg (at) yahoo.co.uk
Received on Fri Jan 11 02:45:14 2008