Because BANs monitor and control a large variety of
physical parameters in different contexts, it is necessary to
tolerate a high degree of dynamics and possibly even allow
temporary privacy violations in order to meet functional,
safety, or performance requirements. For example, an
individual wearing an EKG might experience heart
arrhythmia and the real-time reporting of this problem takes
precedence over some existing privacy requirements. In
other words, to send an emergency alert quickly it may be
necessary to skip multiple privacy protections. Whenever
such violations occur, core healthcare staff members must
be notified of such incidents.