MedEHR-Electronic health Record using Blockchain
Shreya Singh, Siddhi Gupta, Indu
Abstract
Blockchain technology is poised to significantly help the healthcare sector with its high degree of security, privacy, confidentiality and decentralization. In this research, the authors describe how blockchain technology can be used to transform existing medical data systems, and also present a framework that can be used to implement it. The goal of this framework is to provide secure storage of electronic records by defining detailed access rules for users of the proposed framework. The proposed system aims to leverage individual medical details, reduce the rate of duplicate testing, reduce treatment delays, and provide patients with sufficient information to make better decisions. When a patient visits a hospital, the hospital creates a patient record and stores it in a decentralized application [6] (DApp). A DApp is a blockchain-based platform for storing electronic medical records. Doctors can update patient records, and patients can access their medical records from her DApp using public keys. EHRs enable hospitals and doctors to track the information they need to comply with insurance companies and federal regulations. EHR acts as a central data source base where doctors’ orders for laboratory tests, x-rays, and other tests are stored.