Applications of Secure Location Sensing in Healthcare
| Title | Applications of Secure Location Sensing in Healthcare |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Martin, Paul D., Rushanan, Michael, Tantillo, Thomas, Lehmann, Christoph U., Rubin, Aviel D. |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics |
| Publisher | ACM |
| Conference Location | New York, NY, USA |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-4503-4225-4 |
| Keywords | beacon, BLE, bluetooth security, composability, Human Behavior, location sensing, pubcrawl, Resiliency |
| Abstract | 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. |
| URL | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2975167.2975173 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2975167.2975173 |
| Citation Key | martin_applications_2016 |