Towards developing a secure medical image sharing system based on zero trust principles and blockchain technology.

Maliha SultanaAfrida HossainFabiha LailaKazi Abu TaherMuhammad Nazrul Islam

Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)

A system to combat medical/health data vulnerabilities has been proposed. The system makes use of the immutability of blockchain, the additional security of zero trust principles, and the scalability of off chain data storage using Inter Planetary File Systems (IPFS). The adoption of this system suggests to enhance the security of medical or health data transmission.

Keyphrases

healthcare
health information
electronic health record
public health
big data
mental health
social media
global health
risk assessment
health promotion
machine learning