Raspberry PI Based ECG Data Acquisition System by Using Block Chain

Abstract

There have been revolutionary developments in the healthcare industry with the advancement of technology over the past years. Technology has widespread health records that may have been digitized into electronic health records. Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Block chain technology, lab-on-chip, non-invasive and minimally invasive surgeries and so on has simplified several dreadful diseases. The research as well as healthcare industry has been greatly impacted by these new technologies. In such case accessibility of health data from one provider to another at the right time remains a major challenge, especially when patients are in a critical condition having access to fragmented health records from multiple sources into a single chain. The proposed system aims to exchange health information on a block chain platform to build a smart e-health system. In this system, block chain is a clinical data repository that provides patients a complete, distributed ledger record containing records of all the events and seamless access to their electronic health records through healthcare providers. As an important feature, this system provides high security and integrity through cryptographic hash functions.