Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Healthcare context terms
3.2 Security services terms
3.3 Public key infrastructure related terms
4 Abbreviations
5 Healthcare context
5.1 Health PKI classes of actors
5.2 Examples of actors
5.3 Applicability of PKI to healthcare
6 Requirements for security services in healthcare applications
6.1 Healthcare characteristics
6.2 Healthcare PKI technical requirements
6.3 Separation of authentication from encipherment
6.4 Health industry PKI security management framework
6.5 Policy requirements for a healthcare PKI
7 Public key cryptography
7.1 Symmetric vs. asymmetric cryptography
7.2 Digital certificates
7.3 Digital signatures
7.4 Protecting the private key
8 PKI
8.1 Components of a PKI
8.2 Establishing identity using qualified certificates
8.3 Establishing speciality and roles using identity certificates
8.4 Using attribute certificates for authorization and
access control
9 Interoperability requirements
9.1 Overview
9.2 Options for setting up a healthcare PKI across
jurisdictions
9.3 Option usage
Annex A (informative) Scenarios for the use of PKI in healthcare
Bibliography