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This includes electronic medical records, electronic prescriptions, medical information systems, etc. Although research on the data processing structure and format of various related systems is becoming mature, the integration is insufficient. An integrated medical information system with security policy and privacy protection, which combines e-patient records, e-prescriptions, modified smart cards, and fingerprint identification systems, and applies proxy signature and group signature, is proposed in this study. This system effectively applies and saves medical resources\u2014satisfying the mobility of medical records, presenting the function, and security of medicine collection, and avoiding medical conflicts and profiteering to further acquire the maximum effectiveness with the least resources. In this way, this medical information system may be developed into a comprehensive function that eliminates the transmission of manual documents and maintains the safety of patient medical information. It can improve the quality of medical care and indispensable infrastructure for medical management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21030713","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,21]],"date-time":"2021-01-21T09:49:21Z","timestamp":1611222561000},"page":"713","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Security Privacy and Policy for Cryptographic Based Electronic Medical Information System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Hsuan-Yu","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Defense Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei 10086, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5552-3517","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhen-Yu","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Management, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu 880011, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2586-0993","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tzer-Long","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Finance, Providence University, Taichung 43301, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yao-Min","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Management Sciences, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chia-Hui","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"76","DOI":"10.1145\/383694.383710","article-title":"A web-enabled framework for smart card applications in health services","volume":"44","author":"Chan","year":"2001","journal-title":"Commun. 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