A blockchain-based smart healthcare system for data protection
Jide Kehinde Adeniyi, Sunday Adeola Ajagbe, Abidemi Emmanuel Adeniyi, Korede Israel Adeyanju, Adenrele A. Afolorunso, Matthew O. Adigun, Isaac Ogene
Abstract
The security of medical information has become a significant challenge with the move from traditional filing systems to electronic records. This study proposes the use of blockchain technology to address these concerns. The system registers patients and medical staff with unique IDs and stores patient diagnoses as immutable records on the blockchain. A central interplanetary file system stores the collected data, which can be accessed by authorized users like nurses, pharmacists, and patients via special access details. Users must log in before accessing medical records through the Electronic Record Management system. This approach can be scaled to multiple hospitals. After testing, the system showed some latency issues with 100 nodes, but performance improved with more nodes (300-500), demonstrating better scalability as the system handles more data and hospitals. Overall, the proposed blockchain-based system offers a secure, scalable solution for managing and accessing medical records.