Data Protection and Privacy in Healthcare: Research and Innovations

Healthcare management has rapidly changed over the last few years from disease centered to patient centered. The analysis of healthcare data plays an important role in healthcare management, but the privacy of patient’s records must be of equal concern. This book covers the privacy issues and data protection laws in healthcare industries.

Dr. Ahmed Elngar is the Founder and Head of Scientific Innovation Research Group (SIRG) and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Computers and Information, Beni-Suef University. Dr. Elngar is a Director of the Technological and Informatics Studies Center (TISC), Faculty of Computers and Information, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. He is a Managing Editor of the Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Management (JCIM). Dr. Elngar has more than 25 scientific research papers published in prestigious international journals and over 5 books covering such diverse topics as data mining, intelligent systems, social networks, and smart environment. He is a member of the Egyptian Mathematical Society (EMS) and International Rough Set Society (IRSS). His other research areas include the Internet of Things (IoT), Network Security, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. He is an Editor and Reviewer of many international journals around the world. Dr. Elngar won several awards including the Young Researcher Award in Computer Science Engineering from Global Outreach Education Summit and Awards 2019. He is also a recipient of the Best Young Researcher Award (Male) (Below 40 years) from Global Education and Corporate Leadership Awards (GECL-2018). Dr. Elngar has many activities in the community and the environment service including organizing 12 workshops hosted by a large number of universities in almost all governorates of Egypt.

Ambika Pawar is Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Information Technology Department at Symbiosis International (Deemed University). She has more than 30 papers in the area of Cloud Computing, Data Privacy, and Algorithms. She has experience of 10+ years in teaching as well as in research. She has been a conference program committee member, Reviewer at various international conferences.

Prathamesh Churi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Technology Management and Engineering, NMIMS University, India. He is currently an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Advances in Intelligent Informatics and Editorial Board Member of Inderscience International Journal of Forensic Software Engineering. He is actively involved in the peer-review process of reputed IEEE and Springer journals. He has been a keynote speaker, chair, convener in the reputed international conferences. He is a recipient of the ＂Best Young Researcher Award＂ by the GISR Foundation for his research contribution in the field of Data Privacy and Security, Education Technology. He is an active leader, coach, and mentor in many non-profit organizations. He is also involved as a board of study member in many universities for curriculum development and educational transformations. He has over 50+ research papers in International Journals and conferences. His passion lies in transforming the higher education sector in India. You can follow him on his linked in account: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/prathameshchuri/