Easing the Authentication Burden of eHealth used at Home

To alleviate the growing pressure on healthcare, eHealth solutions are increasingly being used in patients’ home environments. This shift introduces new information security and privacy risks. To manage these risks, various authentication mechanisms are implemented. Research indicates that the security, usability and accessibility of these mechanisms is often inadequate, potentially leading to insecure situations and reduced access to (digital) healthcare. This research project studies and aims to reduce the influence of the ‘authentication burden’ on the security and accessibility of eHealth, ensuring that vulnerable user groups, such as the elderly, maintain access to secure healthcare.

My research is partially funded by the Doctoral Grant for Teachers from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), see: https://doi.org/10.61686/CRHCP27262