Risk analysis of information security in a mobile instant messaging and presence system for healthcare.
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2007-07-30
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Instant messaging IM is suited for immediate communication because messages are delivered almost in real time Results from studies of IM use in enterprise work settings make us believe that IM based services may prove useful also within the healthcare sector However today s public instant messaging services do not have the level of information security required for adoption of IM in healthcare We proposed MedIMob our own architecture for a secure enterprise IM service for use in healthcare MedIMob supports IM clients on mobile devices in addition to desktop based clients