A Blockchain-Based Secure and Sustainable Electronic Healthcare Record System

Niharika P Kumar; Shreyas B; Srinidhi S P

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4247808

Authors

Niharika P Kumar Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Shreyas B Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Srinidhi S P Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4247808

Keywords:

Blockchain, Metamask, Electronic Medical Records(EMR), FHIR, Smart-Contract, Solidity, Ethereum

Abstract

In today’s world, Data is the new gold. Data holds an exorbitant value in a plethora of areas. The increase in demand for data is directly proportional to Data Privacy. Blockchain is one of those technologies which helps in data privacy and facilitates data integrity and confidentiality. The healthcare sector is in constant need of data security, privacy, confidentiality and decentralization in electronic medical records. The objective of this paper is primarily to implement blockchain technology for electronic medical records and secondarily to provide secure storage of these records and define access rules for the users of the proposed system.

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