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2017-05-17
Martin, Paul D., Rushanan, Michael, Tantillo, Thomas, Lehmann, Christoph U., Rubin, Aviel D..  2016.  Applications of Secure Location Sensing in Healthcare. Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics. :58–67.

Secure location sensing has the potential to improve healthcare processes regarding security, efficiency, and safety. For example, enforcing close physical proximity to a patient when using a barcode medication administration system (BCMA) can mitigate the consequences of unsafe barcode scanning workarounds. We present Beacon+, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device that extends the design of Apple's popular iBeacon specification with unspoofable, temporal, and authenticated advertisements. Our prototype Beacon+ design enables secure location sensing applications such as real-time tracking of hospital assets (e.g., infusion pumps). We implement this exact real-time tracking system and use it as a foundation for a novel application that applies location-based restrictions on access control.