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An ontology-based compliance audit framework for medical data sharing across Europe (2020)
Journal Article
Boussi Rahmouni, H., & Munir, K. (in press). An ontology-based compliance audit framework for medical data sharing across Europe. International Arab Journal of Information Technology,

Complying with privacy in multi-jurisdictional health domains is important as well as challenging. The compliance management process will not be efficient unless it manages to show evidences of explicit verification of legal requirements. In order to... Read More about An ontology-based compliance audit framework for medical data sharing across Europe.

Sensitive data discovery in care pathways using Business Process Modelling and HL7-CDA (2019)
Journal Article
Essefi, I., Rahmouni, H. B., & Ladeb, M. F. (2019). Sensitive data discovery in care pathways using Business Process Modelling and HL7-CDA. International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences, 11(2), 56-67

Medical data communication is an important process enabling collaboration between healthcare professionals. The use of patient Electronic Health Record (EHR) ensures an enhanced continuity of care since it provides a centralized patient information a... Read More about Sensitive data discovery in care pathways using Business Process Modelling and HL7-CDA.

A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes (2019)
Journal Article
Rahmouni, H. B. (2019). A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes. Procedia Computer Science, 164, 714-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2019.12.240

© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This study was initiated for the benefit of the Tunisian Ministry of Health and the Informatics Centre of the Ministry of Health (CIMSP). The scope of our study is restricted to two university hospitals:... Read More about A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes.

Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7 (2019)
Journal Article
Rahmouni, H. B., Essefi, I., & Ladeb, M. F. (2019). Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7. Procedia Computer Science, 164, 706-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2019.12.239

© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Medical data privacy is nowadays an alarming issue thanks to the technological revolution witnessed in the medical field and the ease of data access and exchange leveraged by newly implemented Hospital I... Read More about Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7.

Ontology-driven generation of radiation protection procedures (2017)
Journal Article
Rahmouni Boussi, H. (2017). Ontology-driven generation of radiation protection procedures

In this article, we present the principle and suitable methodology for the design of a medical ontology that highlights the radiological and dosimetric knowledge, applied in diagnostic radiology and radiation-therapy. Our ontology, which we named «O... Read More about Ontology-driven generation of radiation protection procedures.

An ontology regulating privacy oriented access controls (2016)
Book Chapter
Rahmouni Boussi, H. (2016). An ontology regulating privacy oriented access controls. In Risks and Security of Internet and SystemsSpringer International Publishing Switzerland

Access Control is one of the essential and traditional security weapons of data protection. In open and complex environments such as the Internet or cloud computing, the decision to grant access to a resource must ensure a secure management with a s... Read More about An ontology regulating privacy oriented access controls.

Semantic generation of clouds privacy policies (2015)
Book Chapter
Munir, K., & Rahmouni, H. (2015). Semantic generation of clouds privacy policies. In H. Markus, D. Frédéric, F. Donald, & L. Frank (Eds.), Cloud Computing and Services Sciences, 15-30. Springer International Publishing Switzerland

The governance of privacy and personal information on cloud envi- ronments is challenging and complex. Usually many regulatory frameworks intervene to reflect diverse privacy wishes from several stakeholders. This includes data owners, data and servi... Read More about Semantic generation of clouds privacy policies.

A SWRL bridge to XACML for clouds privacy compliant policies (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Munir, K., & Rahmouni, H. (2014, April). A SWRL bridge to XACML for clouds privacy compliant policies. Paper presented at CLOSER 2014 - 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science

The management of privacy and personal information within multi-cultural domain such as clouds and other universal collaborative systems requires intrinsic compliance-checking and assurance modules in order to increase social trust and acceptance. Fo... Read More about A SWRL bridge to XACML for clouds privacy compliant policies.

Towards a legislation driven framework for access control and privacy protection in public cloud (2014)
Journal Article
Rahmouni Boussi, H. (2014). Towards a legislation driven framework for access control and privacy protection in public cloud

Cloud computing is an emerging IT paradigm proving cost reduction and flexibility benefits. However security and privacy are serious issues challenging its adoption and sustainability in both social and commercial areas. Public clouds, in particular,... Read More about Towards a legislation driven framework for access control and privacy protection in public cloud.

A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe (2011)
Journal Article
Shiu, S., Casassa Mont, M., Solomonides, T., Boussi Rahmouni, H., Solomonides, T., Casassa Mont, M., …Rahmouni, M. (2011). A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe. Methods of Information in Medicine, 50(4), 326-336. https://doi.org/10.3414/ME10-01-0075

Objectives: Clinical practitioners and medical researchers often have to share health data with other colleagues across Europe. Privacy compliance in this context is very important but challenging. Automated privacy guidelines are a practical way of... Read More about A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe.

Risk-driven compliant access controls for clouds (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rahmouni, H. B., Munir, K., Odeh, M., & McClatchey, R. (2011, December). Risk-driven compliant access controls for clouds. Paper presented at Proceedings of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT 2011)

There is widespread agreement that cloud computing have proven cost cutting and agility benefits. However, security and regulatory compliance issues are continuing to challenge the wide acceptance of such technology both from social and commercial st... Read More about Risk-driven compliant access controls for clouds.

Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology (2010)
Journal Article
Simon Shiu, , Rahmouni, H. B., Solomonides, T., Mont, M. C., & Simon Shiu, S. (2010). Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368(1926), 4057-4072. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0169

The sharing of medical data between different healthcare organizations in Europe must comply with the legislation of the Member State where the data were originally collected. These legal requirements may differ from one state to another. Privacy req... Read More about Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology.

Privacy compliance in European healthgrid domains: an ontology-based approach (2009)
Journal Article
Boussi Rahmouni, H., Solomonides, T., Casassa Mont, M., & Shiu, S. (2009). Privacy compliance in European healthgrid domains: an ontology-based approach

The integration of different European medical systems by means of grid technologies will continue to be challenging if technology does not intervene to enhance interoperability between national regulatory frameworks on data protection. Achieving comp... Read More about Privacy compliance in European healthgrid domains: an ontology-based approach.

Modelling and enforcing privacy for medical data disclosure across Europe (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Boussi Rrahmouni, H., Solomonides, T., Casassa Mont, M., & Shiu, S. (2009, August). Modelling and enforcing privacy for medical data disclosure across Europe. Paper presented at MIE 2009

The harmonization of data protection legislation in Europe has been theoretically achieved by means of the EU directive on data protection. In practice the harmonization is not absolute and conflicts and inconsistencies continue to exist in the way M... Read More about Modelling and enforcing privacy for medical data disclosure across Europe.

An ontology-based guidance for privacy enforcement in a multi-authority cloud environment
Presentation / Conference
Rahmouni Boussi, H. An ontology-based guidance for privacy enforcement in a multi-authority cloud environment. Paper presented at 2015 International Conference on Cloud Technologies and Applications (CloudTech)

Despite its attractive benefits, cloud adoption is challenged by some criteria of security and privacy. Access Control is one of the traditional and essential security tools of data protection. The decision to grant access to a resource must ensure... Read More about An ontology-based guidance for privacy enforcement in a multi-authority cloud environment.