Authors :
Sohaib Saleem; Songfeng Lu; Imdad Hussain; Ubaid Ur Rahman; Inam Ul Haq; Asif Javed
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 7 - July
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/45davhmw
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8285852
Abstract :
Electronic medical records (EMR) are the
digital form of the most crucial, sensitive and private
healthcare data. The EMR contains both medical and
clinical data related to patients. The EMR data is stored
to access over the network for multiple stakeholders such
as service providers, researchers, vendors, payers,
pharmacies, and patients’ families, etc. The sharing of
EMR records is one of the significant and sensitive
portions of the healthcare system to improve the
patient’s health. The current sharing method of the
EMR system is in infancy or insufficient due to
centralized storage or proprietorship. This arises the
issues and challenges of security, privacy, and
interoperability of EMR. The foundation of digital
currencies like Bitcoin based on Blockchain is one of the
most cutting-edge technologies currently available. The
decentralized, immutable, shareable, transparent, and
secure record management system provided by
Blockchain technology may provide for allowing EMR
data to be distributed among various parties without
violating security and privacy. So, this paper reviews the
blockchain-based solutions for managing and sharing the
EMR data. First, we highlight the major issues that are
being met by different stakeholders in the healthcare
sector. Secondly, we explore the features and
opportunities of this technology that can be used to
resolve these highlighted issues. Thirdly, the blockchain-
based applications need to be identified that have been
developed for the EMR healthcare sectors.
Keywords :
EMR Issues, Blockchain, EMR Blockchain, Systematic literature reviews, Information and Privacy Issues, Information Violations, Privacy Violations, Sharing of Information.
Electronic medical records (EMR) are the
digital form of the most crucial, sensitive and private
healthcare data. The EMR contains both medical and
clinical data related to patients. The EMR data is stored
to access over the network for multiple stakeholders such
as service providers, researchers, vendors, payers,
pharmacies, and patients’ families, etc. The sharing of
EMR records is one of the significant and sensitive
portions of the healthcare system to improve the
patient’s health. The current sharing method of the
EMR system is in infancy or insufficient due to
centralized storage or proprietorship. This arises the
issues and challenges of security, privacy, and
interoperability of EMR. The foundation of digital
currencies like Bitcoin based on Blockchain is one of the
most cutting-edge technologies currently available. The
decentralized, immutable, shareable, transparent, and
secure record management system provided by
Blockchain technology may provide for allowing EMR
data to be distributed among various parties without
violating security and privacy. So, this paper reviews the
blockchain-based solutions for managing and sharing the
EMR data. First, we highlight the major issues that are
being met by different stakeholders in the healthcare
sector. Secondly, we explore the features and
opportunities of this technology that can be used to
resolve these highlighted issues. Thirdly, the blockchain-
based applications need to be identified that have been
developed for the EMR healthcare sectors.
Keywords :
EMR Issues, Blockchain, EMR Blockchain, Systematic literature reviews, Information and Privacy Issues, Information Violations, Privacy Violations, Sharing of Information.
