AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES FOR EXCHANGING MEDICAL DATA

An authentication system, a mobile electronic device, an instantiating unit and a method, as well as a computer program product are disclosed for the authentication of a patient against a central registry which exchanges data with a repository for the storage of medical data records. In an embodiment, an individualized application is loaded and installed on the mobile radio device in order to sign messages to the registry with a signature. The signature can be triggered in the registry to check the authenticity of the remote patient in order to provide data access.