Preserving Patients’ Privacy in Medical IoT Using Blockchain

Bandar Alamri, Ibrahim Tariq Javed, Tiziana Margaria

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Abstract

Medical IoT is a collection of devices and applications that are connected to healthcare systems via the Internet. Wearable devices and body sensors are used to track individuals’ medical conditions. The collected data is processed, analyzed, and stored in the cloud platforms to provide healthcare services. The data does not only include personal information like users’ identity and location but also consists of sensitive information such as mental status, drug addiction, sexual orientation, and genetics. Therefore, preserving an individual’s privacy remains a huge challenge for IoT service providers. The existing techniques significantly reduce the originality of data which affects the application’s efficiency. Therefore, in this paper, we propose the idea of using blockchains and smart contract to preserve privacy while obtaining data usability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEdge Computing – EDGE 2020 - 4th International Conference, Held as Part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings
EditorsAjay Katangur, Shih-Chun Lin, Jinpeng Wei, Shuhui Yang, Liang-Jie Zhang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages103-110
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030598235
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event4th International Conference on Edge Computing, EDGE 2020, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 18 Sep 202020 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12407 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Edge Computing, EDGE 2020, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period18/09/2020/09/20

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Healthcare
  • IoT
  • Privacy
  • Security

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