Proof of Authenticity-Based Electronic Medical Records Storage on Blockchain

Mustafa Qazi, Devyani Kulkarni, Meghana Nagori

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Abstract

Electronic health records driving over the hype of digitalization are currently booming in many hospitals. Despite advancements, plethora of challenges such as data interconnectivity, interoperability, and data sharing arises due to hospitals with their own hospital management information system form clusters of data. These can be solved by effectively employing blockchain platform. The authors in this work are proposing a novel consensus algorithm titled Proof of Authenticity over the distributed platform for all medical stakeholders. Unlike the previous approaches, wherein researchers were the miners, this work illustrates a methodology to implement blockchain for health care, where the hospitals and clinics are assumed the roles of both miners and validators. The peer-to-peer network is leveraged with a designed smart contract that follows the proof of authenticity mechanism. The medical stakeholders will access the medical data under security protocols and patient’s consent in a tamper-proof network. The proposed work aims for more patient centric and transparent health care.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Trends in Computing and Communications - Proceedings of SmartCom 2019
EditorsYu-Dong Zhang, Jyotsna Kumar Mandal, Chakchai So-In, Nileshsingh V. Thakur
PublisherSpringer
Pages297-306
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789811500763
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Smart Trends for Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2019 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 24 Jan 201925 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume165
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Smart Trends for Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2019
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period24/01/1925/01/19

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Electronic health records
  • Proof of authenticity
  • Smart contracts

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