A GDPR-Compliant Framework for IoT-Based Personal Health Records Using Blockchain

Bandar Alamri, Ibrahim Tariq Javed, Tiziana Margaria

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Abstract

An up-To-date personal health record (PHR) system is crucial for people's health. Achieving a reliable PHR system in the e-Health and m-Health era is still a challenge concerning data integration from different EHRs, data interoperability, and enforcing that access to data is fully under the patient's control. We address these challenges by proposing an electronic health wallet (EHW) system that uses emergent decentralized technologies like blockchain and IPFS and adopts health data interoperability standards and technologies like FHIR's APIs. The EHW stands on a GDPR-compliant framework for IoT-based PHR systems that ensures both data privacy and interoperability. The proposed conceptual framework and system architecture provide a comprehensive solution for a patient-centered IoT-based PHR system that preserves data privacy and satisfies the data interoperability needs. By encouraging patients to share their data in a controlled way, also enables health big data analytics by utilizing the IoT data in a privacy-preserving fashion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 11th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665443999
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Apr 2021
Event11th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2021 - Paris, France
Duration: 19 Apr 202121 Apr 2021

Publication series

Name2021 11th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2021

Conference

Conference11th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2021
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period19/04/2121/04/21

Keywords

  • access control
  • big health data
  • blockchain
  • data interoperability
  • data privacy
  • DIME
  • EHR
  • eXtreme MDD
  • GDPR
  • IoT
  • low-code application development environments
  • MDD
  • PHR

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