Blockchain based solution for electronic health record integrity

2022-9-1
Çelik, Kaan
With the development of technology, great developments have occurred in the healthcare area, as in every field. Over time, many solutions have been proposed for the processing of electronic health data. As a fact, there are critical factors that should be considered under these developments. This information in the field of electronic health is demanded both by some harmful organizations and people. In addition, there is an extensive market for these informations. Therefore, in electronic health data systems, the privacy of the patient, the executability of the system, and its protection against attacks are milestone requirements. One of the methods offered to provide these security measures is the blockchain technology. Many theoretical and practical blockchain-based studies have been achieved for preserving electronic health data. In this thesis, a blockchain based medical survey system is proposed to achieve the data integrity. The system is implemented on the Algorand blockchain and its steps are given. We also do the benchmark of the proposed system in terms of time and memory usage.

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Citation Formats
K. Çelik, “Blockchain based solution for electronic health record integrity,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.