Secure Data Transmission of Electronic Health Records Using Blockchain Technology

Sonkamble, Rahul; Bongale, Anupkumar M; Phansalkar, Shraddha; Sharma, Abhishek; Rajput, Shailendra

doi:10.3390/electronics12041015

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“…In addition, Sonkamble et al have introduced a new type of healthcare data management architecture based on blockchain and IPFS. By applying rigorous algorithms and smart contracts, they ensure secure storage, access control, and privacy protection of electronic health records (EHRs) [14]. In a development related to secure file sharing, M. Steichen et al introduced aclIPFS, a system that combines IPFS and Ethereum smart contracts.…”

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PrivShieldROS: An Extended Robot Operating System Integrating Ethereum and Interplanetary File System for Enhanced Sensor Data Privacy

Wang,

Chen,

Zheng

et al. 2024

Sensors

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With the application of robotics in security monitoring, medical care, image analysis, and other high-privacy fields, vision sensor data in robotic operating systems (ROS) faces the challenge of enhancing secure storage and transmission. Recently, it has been proposed that the distributed advantages of blockchain be taken advantage of to improve the security of data in ROS. Still, it has limitations such as high latency and large resource consumption. To address these issues, this paper introduces PrivShieldROS, an extended robotic operating system developed by InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), blockchain, and HybridABEnc to enhance the confidentiality and security of vision sensor data in ROS. The system takes advantage of the decentralized nature of IPFS to enhance data availability and robustness while combining HybridABEnc for fine-grained access control. In addition, it ensures the security and confidentiality of the data distribution mechanism by using blockchain technology to store data content identifiers (CID) persistently. Finally, the effectiveness of this system is verified by three experiments. Compared with the state-of-the-art blockchain-extended ROS, PrivShieldROS shows improvements in key metrics. This paper has been partly submitted to IROS 2024.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

PrivShieldROS: An Extended Robot Operating System Integrating Ethereum and Interplanetary File System for Enhanced Sensor Data Privacy

Wang,

Chen,

Zheng

et al. 2024

Sensors

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“…According to the studies by Sonkamble et al [80] and Ismail and Materwala [97] integrating blockchain technology with the current healthcare infrastructure is a difficult task. Since many healthcare facilities currently have legacy systems in place, meticulous preparation is necessary to ensure seamless transfer and backward compatibility.…”

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Blockchain and Healthcare: A Critical Analysis of Progress and Challenges in the Last Five Years

Taherdoost

2023

Blockchains

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Utilizing the fundamental characteristics of the decentralization, immutability, and transparency of blockchain technology, the healthcare industry has made notable advancements in incorporating it over the past five years. This review examines the progress and challenges encountered in this critical study by assessing 124 articles published by MDPI between 2018 and the current date. Examining blockchain’s potential uses, like safe data exchange and interoperability in supply chain management and electronic health records, provides exciting new directions for the future of healthcare. Blockchain technology can greatly increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness by guaranteeing data integrity, protecting patient privacy, and reducing administrative procedures. This paper objectively evaluates blockchain’s advancement in healthcare through a thorough analysis of real-world applications and research projects. By highlighting both its advantages and disadvantages, this analysis seeks to add to the continuing conversation about how blockchain will influence the way healthcare is managed and delivered in the future.

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“…Saudi Arabia is putting significant of effort into providing patients with modern healthcare [10]. Once a patient's medical history is represented electronically, it may include crucial administrative, clinical, laboratory, and radiological data [11], making it easier for different healthcare professionals to save and share valuable health data [12]. It enhances patient care by enhancing the accuracy of medical records and lowering the risk of medical error [13] as well as improving healthcare professionals' ability to care for patients [14,15].…”

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Nurses’ Attitudes and Factors Affecting Use of Electronic Health Record in Saudi Arabia

Alrasheeday,

Alshammari,

Alkubati

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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(1) Background: Nurses’ attitudes toward electronic health records (EHRs) is a very valuable issue that needs to be evaluated, understood, and considered one of the main factors that can lead to its improvement or handicap its implementation. This study aimed to assess nurses’ attitudes toward EHRs and associated factors that affect the implementation of EHRs in different hospitals in Saudi Arabia. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was utilized to collect data from 297 nurses working in public hospitals and primary healthcare centers in Ha’il Province from January to May 2023. Data were collected using the Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Computerization questionnaire and a sociodemographic and work-related characteristics sheet. (3) Results: Most of the participants’ attitude scores (81.1%, n = 241) were more than or equal to 60, representing positive attitudes, whereas 18.9% (n = 56) of the nurses’ scores were less than 60, which is interpreted as negative attitudes. There was a significant relationship between nurses’ attitudes toward EHRs and a participants’ sex, where males had a more positive attitude than females (p < 0.001). Particularly, young nurses and those who had previous computer experience had a more positive attitude than older nurses and those who had no computer experience (p = 0.044 and < 0.001, respectively). Saudi nurses holding a master’s degree had significantly more positive attitudes toward EHRs than non-Saudi nurses holding a bachelor’s or diploma degree (p = 0.007 and 0.048, respectively). Nurses with less experience (less than five years) in the nursing field had a significantly positive attitude. Multiple linear regression showed that sex (p = 0.038), level of education (p = 0.001), and previous computer experience (p < 0.001) were independent factors of nurses’ knowledge of EHRs. (4) Conclusion: The majority of nurses had positive overall attitudes toward using EHRs. Nurses who are Saudi nationals, male, younger, have previous computer experience, and have less than five years of experience had a more positive attitude toward EHRs than nurses who are non-Saudi, female, older, have no computer experience, have bachelor’s or diploma degree, and have less than five years of experience, respectively. Sex, education level, and previous computer experience were independent factors of nurses’ knowledge of EHRs.

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Secure Data Transmission of Electronic Health Records Using Blockchain Technology

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

PrivShieldROS: An Extended Robot Operating System Integrating Ethereum and Interplanetary File System for Enhanced Sensor Data Privacy

PrivShieldROS: An Extended Robot Operating System Integrating Ethereum and Interplanetary File System for Enhanced Sensor Data Privacy

Blockchain and Healthcare: A Critical Analysis of Progress and Challenges in the Last Five Years

Nurses’ Attitudes and Factors Affecting Use of Electronic Health Record in Saudi Arabia

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