Security privacy access control for policy integration and conflict reconciliation in health care organizations collaborations

Reviewer: Riemer Brouwer

Kuang and Ibrahim's paper addresses the increasingly important topic of how to ensure consistent security of data when such data is being shared by multiple organizations. In healthcare organizations, continuously ensuring the privacy of data is a key element of various legal requirements. The authors start by presenting an informative overview of related work that has been done in the field. In doing so, they demonstrate that each of the previous studies lacks certain elements, such as the temporal or spatial context, or conflict resolution, which, not surprisingly, they claim to address in their own study. The proposed model falls slightly short of the expectations one builds as the authors point out the weaknesses in their colleagues' studies. Their proposed conflict resolution model, for example, is simply that conflicts need to be resolved. Furthermore, their examples are not clearly related to either healthcare or privacy, making it slightly difficult for readers to understand their point. Still, the topic is highly relevant, and as a first exploration of the intricacies surrounding security and privacy-related concerns across collaborating healthcare organizations, this paper will provide readers with a better understanding of the challenges in this field. Online Computing Reviews Service