scholarly journals Applications of Blockchain Technology in Medicine and Healthcare: Challenges and Future Perspectives

Cryptography ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad Ali Siyal ◽  
Aisha Zahid Junejo ◽  
Muhammad Zawish ◽  
Kainat Ahmed ◽  
Aiman Khalil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Brain Research ◽  
Food Science ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Effective Diagnosis

Blockchain technology has gained considerable attention, with an escalating interest in a plethora of numerous applications, ranging from data management, financial services, cyber security, IoT, and food science to healthcare industry and brain research. There has been a remarkable interest witnessed in utilizing applications of blockchain for the delivery of safe and secure healthcare data management. Also, blockchain is reforming the traditional healthcare practices to a more reliable means, in terms of effective diagnosis and treatment through safe and secure data sharing. In the future, blockchain could be a technology that may potentially help in personalized, authentic, and secure healthcare by merging the entire real-time clinical data of a patient’s health and presenting it in an up-to-date secure healthcare setup. In this paper, we review both the existing and latest developments in the field of healthcare by implementing blockchain as a model. We also discuss the applications of blockchain, along with the challenges faced and future perspectives.

scholarly journals A Framework for Secure Storage and Sharing of Electronic Health Records using Blockchain Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 03037
Author(s):  
Anurag Gharat ◽  
Pratik Aher ◽  
Punit Chaudhari ◽  
Bhavana Alte
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Records ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Secure Storage ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Centralized System

Public Healthcare issues have been the main focus of any governing body for the last decade. Each day a large amount of Healthcare data is generated by individual and Medical Organizations. This information is considered highly sensitive and private, which needed to be securely stored and protected against unauthorized access. In a traditional system, all the data is stored in a centralized system which comes with lots of drawbacks. This where blockchain technology comes in because of its Peer-To-Peer nature and Security. Several studies highlight the importance of blockchain and how it can be implemented in Electronic Medical Record(EMR) systems which face problems regarding privacy,security,decentralization and confidentiality.In this paper, We explain how blockchain technology may be utilised to improve EMR systems and how it could be a solution to these problems. We offer a framework for implementing blockchain technology in the healthcare industry for EMR.The aim of our proposed framework is first to implement blockchain technology for EHR and secondly to provide secure storage of electronic records by defining granular access rules for the users of the proposed framework. Moreover,this framework provides the EHR system with the benefits of a blockchain-based solution that is scalable, secure, and integrated.

scholarly journals Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 236-240
Author(s):  
Reddy Kumaraswamy ◽  
Advin Manhar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Digital Asset

Blockchain is one of the most growing technologies that is playing a vital role in the professional world today. Blockchain is the technology that is going to revolutionize many industries in the future including healthcare. It is simply defined as a decentralized, distributed ledger that records the provenance of a digital asset. Blockchain is used as a backbone for many industries such as cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and many more. Although its capability and application have to be extended far beyond. The objective of blockchain is to allow digital information to be recorded and distributed, but not edited. In the last couple of years many industries finding new ways to implement blockchain technology with a wide range of domains. And this sudden increase in technology also provided many new application opportunities, including financial services, smart contracts, energy trading, supply chain, healthcare, etc. In this paper, we know briefly about blockchain technologies and some of their applications. We also show how blockchain is going to revolutionize the healthcare industry in the future.

scholarly journals A Hyperledger Fabric-Based System Framework for Healthcare Data Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 11693
Author(s):  
Qianyu Wang ◽  
Shaowen Qin
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Privacy Preservation ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Existing Data

This study examined the requirements for privacy-preserving and interoperability in healthcare data sharing and proposed a blockchain-based solution. The Hyperledger Fabric framework was adopted due to its enterprise-grade data processing capabilities and enhanced privacy protection functions. In addition to the Fabric’s built-in privacy-preserving functions, healthcare data-specific smart contracts with hierarchical access control were developed to strengthen privacy protection in data sharing. The proposed healthcare data-sharing framework is based on Australian medical practices with the aim to upgrade, rather than to replace, the existing data management models. The outcome of this study demonstrates the feasibility of applying blockchain technology to improve privacy-preservation while enhancing interoperability in healthcare data management.

scholarly journals A Framework for Secure Healthcare Data Management using Blockchain Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed I. Taloba ◽  
Alanazi Rayan ◽  
Ahmed Elhadad ◽  
Amr Abozeid ◽  
Osama R. Shahin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology

scholarly journals Having Our “Omic” Cake and Eating It Too?: Evaluating User Response to Using Blockchain Technology for Private and Secure Health Data Management and Sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L. Lemieux ◽  
Darra Hofman ◽  
Hoda Hamouda ◽  
Danielle Batista ◽  
Ravneet Kaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Cognitive Constraints ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Careful Design

This paper reports on end users' perspectives on the use of a blockchain solution for private and secure individual “omics” health data management and sharing. This solution is one output of a multidisciplinary project investigating the social, data, and technical issues surrounding application of blockchain technology in the context of personalized healthcare research. The project studies potential ethical, legal, social, and cognitive constraints of self-sovereign healthcare data management and sharing, and whether such constraints can be addressed through careful design of a blockchain solution.

Blockchain Technology Enables Healthcare Data Management and Accessibility

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-118
Author(s):  
Omar Ali ◽  
Ashraf Jaradat ◽  
Mustafa Ally ◽  
Sareh Rotabi
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology

Healthcare Data Management by Using Blockchain Technology

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Soeren Bittins ◽  
Gerhard Kober ◽  
Andrea Margheri ◽  
Massimiliano Masi ◽  
Abdallah Miladi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Blockchain Technology

Applications of blockchain in healthcare (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranav C
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Audit Trails

UNSTRUCTURED The word blockchain elicits thoughts of cryptocurrency much of the time, which does disservice to this disruptive new technology. Agreed, bitcoin launched in 2011 was the first large scale implementation of blockchain technology. Also, Bitcoin’s success has triggered the establishment of nearly 1000 new cryptocurrencies. This again lead to the delusion that the only application of blockchain technology is for the creation of cryptocurrency. However, the blockchain technology is capable of a lot more than just cryptocurrency creation and may support such things as transactions that require personal identification, peer review, elections and other types of democratic decision-making and audit trails. Blockchain exists with real world implementations beyond cryptocurrencies and these solutions deliver powerful benefits to healthcare organizations, bankers, retailers and consumers among others. One of the areas where blockchain technology can be used effectively is healthcare industry. Proper application of this technology in healthcare will not only save billions of money but also will contribute to the growth in research. This review paper briefly defines blockchain and deals in detail the applications of blockchain in various areas particularly in healthcare industry.

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