Development of a Blockchain-based Platform to Simplify the Sharing of Patient Data

Abstract

Although blockchain technology was first created to manage financial ledgers, it has lately found use in a wide range of industries, including healthcare. Research innovation in this area will be boosted by the sharing of healthcare data. Nevertheless, patients who disclose their medical records face several privacy and security concerns. Here, the authors propose a blockchain-dependent system architectural design to demonstrate the prospect of blockchain technology in supporting (i) personal and examined medical data exchange and (ii) medical data access authorization processing.