Blockchain-Based Medical Records Secure Storage and Medical Service Framework

Accurate and complete medical data are one valuable asset for patients. Privacy protection and the secure storage of medical data are crucial issues during medical services. Secure storage and making full use of personal medical records has always been a concern for the general population. The emerg...

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Published in:Journal of medical systems Vol. 43; no. 1; p. 5
Main Authors: Chen, Yi, Ding, Shuai, Xu, Zheng, Zheng, Handong, Yang, Shanlin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Blockchain
Blockchain-based Medical Data Management System: Security and Privacy Challenges and Opportunities
Cloud Computing
Computer Security
Confidentiality
Cryptography
Data storage
Electronic Health Records - organization & administration
Health Informatics
Health Information Exchange
Health Sciences
Health services
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Medical records
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Patient Facing Systems
Statistics for Life Sciences
Technology
Medical data
Medical data sharing
Blockchain technology
Medical service
Medical data storage
ISSN:0148-5598, 1573-689X, 1573-689X
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Summary:Accurate and complete medical data are one valuable asset for patients. Privacy protection and the secure storage of medical data are crucial issues during medical services. Secure storage and making full use of personal medical records has always been a concern for the general population. The emergence of blockchain technology brings a new idea to solve this problem. As a hash chain with the characteristics of decentralization, verifiability and immutability, blockchain technology can be used to securely store personal medical data. In this paper, we design a storage scheme to manage personal medical data based on blockchain and cloud storage. Furthermore, a service framework for sharing medical records is described. In addition, the characteristics of the medical blockchain are presented and analyzed through a comparison with traditional systems. The proposed storage and sharing scheme does not depend on any third-party and no single party has absolute power to affect the processing.
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ISSN:0148-5598
1573-689X
1573-689X
DOI:10.1007/s10916-018-1121-4