Blockchain Technology for Managing an Architectural Model of Decentralized Medical Record
Maisevli Harika1 ,Sandi Rahmadika2, Diena Rauda Ramdania3
Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Indonesia
2Interdisciplinary Program of Information Security, Graduate School PKNU
Department of IT Convergence and Application Engineering
Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea,
2Department of Informatics, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
Medical record (MedRec) of the patient is derived from several healthcare providers i.e. hospital, the national provider, and laboratories which contains personally identifiable information test yet referred to therapeutic procedures and medications of the patient. MedRec has been compiled and maintained by several providers thus resulting in separated and disseminated the data among the parties. Mostly, the MedRecs are stored in providers database and the patients have no control to manage and access their data. Hence, in this paper, we propose a conceptual model for managing the data of medical record using blockchain technology in the peer-to-peer network with several protocols are embedded in the system. The proposed model aims to facilitate the patients in order to manage their data from various providers into a single view. Blockchain offers the promise of an immutable, single source of truth from multiple sources and facilitates a trust as well as validates an identity without the third-party involvement.
Keywords: blockchain, decentralized, medical record, peer-to peer network
Topic: Computer Science