Blockchain-Based Data Transfers for Mobile Healthcare Apps with Security

Abstract

The safe and smooth transfer of data across intercepting nodes is a crucial component of data processing in the medical field. Transmitting error-free, unduplicated data is achievable when third-party entities are effectively eliminated and direct connections between the patient and healthcare provider are maintained. Blockchain technology offers a secure method for exchanging information through nodes and connections, ensuring the safety of transactions and potentially addressing current limitations. Currently, the medical data exchange is provider-centric, insecure, sluggish, and often incomplete. These issues arise from fundamental, structural, and semantic inoperability, which impede data interchange. By utilizing blockchain technology with the appropriate markers, patient data security during transfer can be ensured. This research assesses the possibility of future use of distributed ledger technology in mobile healthcare settings.