Blockchain-based privacy and security preserving in electronic health: a systematic review.
Kianoush KianiaSeyed Mahdi JameiiAmir Masoud RahmaniPublished in: Multimedia tools and applications (2023)
In today's world, health and medicine play an undeniable role in human life. Traditional and current Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems that are used to exchange information between medical stakeholders (patients, physicians, insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, medical researchers, etc.) suffer weaknesses in terms of security and privacy due to having centralized architecture. Blockchain technology ensures the privacy and security of EHR systems thanks to the use of encryption. Moreover, due to its decentralized nature, this technology prevents central failure and central attack points. In this paper, a systematic literature review (SLR) is proposed to analyze the existing Blockchain-based approaches for improving privacy and security in electronic health systems. The research methodology, paper selection process, and the search query are explained. 51 papers returned from our search criteria published between 2018 and Dec 2022 are reviewed. The main ideas, type of Blockchain, evaluation metrics, and used tools of each selected paper are discussed in detail. Finally, future research directions, open challenges, and some issues are discussed.
Keyphrases
- health information
- electronic health record
- healthcare
- global health
- social media
- big data
- public health
- clinical decision support
- end stage renal disease
- endothelial cells
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- adverse drug
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- machine learning
- current status
- artificial intelligence
- mouse model
- health promotion
- human health
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- meta analyses
- deep learning