Secure Patient Data Management Using Blockchain Technology

Abstract

Modern healthcare systems keep track  of patient data effectively that are safe, effective and simple to access. The conventional method of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platforms have a lot of issues like problems with integration, problems with information security, risks to confidentiality and the ability to be hacked, especially when storage is centrally placed. Furthermore the massive storage requirements of server-based healthcare administration technologies restrict their scalability. Blockchain technology addresses these problems by allowing people store and swiftly access health information without depending on a single source. Utilizing distributed digital records for smart contracts for storing data, the study proposes a blockchain-based approach to secured data management for real-time patient health monitoring. By combining medical records into a decentralized system, this blockchain technology complies to healthcare standards while improving safety, reliability and cost. Security of data has been improved and authorized user access information is made simpler with the combination of cryptographic methods with decentralized consensus mechanisms. Health care professionals are able to safely exchange patient information utilizing this method, which optimizes both decisions regarding health care and the treatment results of the patient. The proposed strategy increases the effectiveness of operations, legal compliance along with certainty regarding health care data management by implementing an integrated distributed framework that links healthcare data.