Publication Date
2007-12-13
Availability
Open access
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Department
Industrial Engineering (Engineering)
Date of Defense
2007-12-07
First Committee Member
Shihab Asfour - Committee Chair
Second Committee Member
Alexander Perez Pons - Committee Co-Chair
Third Committee Member
Murat Erkoc - Committee Member
Fourth Committee Member
Moiez A. Tapia - Committee Member
Fifth Committee Member
Sohyung Cho - Committee Member
Abstract
The technology exists for the migration of healthcare data from its archaic paper-based system to an electronic one and once in digital form, to be transported anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds. The advent of universally accessible healthcare data benefits all participants, but one of the outstanding problems that must be addressed is how to uniquely identify and link a patient to his or her specific medical data. To date, a few solutions to this problem have been proposed that are limited in their effectiveness. We propose the use of biometric technology within our FIRD framework in solving the unique association of a patient to his or her medical data distinctively. This would allow a patient to have real time access to all of his or her recorded healthcare information electronically whenever it is necessary, securely with minimal effort, greater effectiveness, and ease.
Keywords
Belief Theory; Data Fusion; Biometrics; Electronic Medical Records
Recommended Citation
Leonard, Dwayne Christopher, "A Framework for the Creation of a Unified Electronic Medical Record Using Biometrics, Data Fusion and Belief Theory" (2007). Open Access Dissertations. 246.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/246