Mechanisms of security based on digital certificates applied in a telemedicine network.

The medical patient's information is private and extremely sensitive. This information has to be stored and transmitted carefully because it can be exposed to a series of threats and it is necessary to be protected. This research contemplates the security mechanisms based on digital certificates applied to a pilot telemedicine network, that guarantees the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the medical information of the patients for the hospitable centers involved. The prototype telemedicine network will interconnect hospitals in the municipalities of Baruta and Hatillo Miranda State, in Venezuela by Internet, to provide and support a health care system in inaccessible areas, and the transmission of patient's biomedical signals and the health education to people through secure mechanisms such as digital certificates.