Patient Monitoring using Blockchain
P. Jayasree, AVSSS Gupta, GSN Koteswara Rao, Hajeera Fatima, Rekha Naresh Babu, Roja Rani Budha · River Publishers eBooks · 2023
The healthcare industry has undergone revolutionary changes as technology has advanced in recent years. The Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Blockchain technology, lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive and minimally invasive operations, and other advancements have made it easier to treat a variety of debilitating ailments These new technologies have had a significant impact on both research and the healthcare business. Miniaturized healthcare sensors powered by IoT can be used for clinical tests and self-health tracking. They aid professionals in remote regions in making early diagnoses and treatment recommendations without having direct contact with users. Access control mechanisms and uneven security rules have made it difficult to meet the data’s security standards. The patient’s vital signs can be monitored using blockchain-based smart contracts and an enterprise-distributed ledger infrastructure. This offers global access to patient medical information at any moment, as well as an immutable and thorough history log. When compared to existing patient monitoring systems, the proposed approach provides more benefits. The blockchain system provides greater monitoring, increased connectivity, and higher data security when compared to traditional patient 96 monitoring systems. Despite the abundance of medical facilities, fatal diseases such as heart disease, cancer, influenza, and pneumonia have increased significantly and claim many lives. A large number of doctors, therapists, nurses, and other personnel constantly monitor and observe patients’ health. Patients with chronic diseases are regularly monitored and observed. In recent years, various healthcare monitoring systems have been introduced, and they are used to collect, process, and analyze data retrieved from sensing devices. These healthcare systems are also responsible for tracking and monitoring patients’ vital signs. However, when connecting different departments of a hospital in order to effectively share medical data to provide better healthcare services to patients, the issue of legal interoperability arises. No such thing as a centralized system exists. A blockchain can address these problems using its decentralized architecture. Blockchain technology can be used to make his or her medical records unalterable and immutable. Any access or adjustment effort may be instantly labeled and identified across the blockchain. This is useful not just for patient integrity, but it also identifies any criminal activities, such as wholesale fraud or record adulteration. Furthermore, approved medicinal service record sharing and review will be greatly simplified. When a patient comes in, the majority of the patient’s suppliers are usually notified immediately. Medication bugs, hypersensitivities, and drug solutions can be accommodated in overall blockchain records relatively quickly using appropriate patient-caring algorithms, removing the need for time-consuming pharmaceutical compromise forms. The use of blockchain technology will thus encourage improved access to care, medical record management, prompt clinical information confirmation, increased security, and more effective care planning for the effective delivery of healthcare services to patients through the management and sharing of medical data. Blockchain is transforming traditional healthcare practices into a more reliable means of effective diagnosis and treatment through safe and secure data sharing. In the future, blockchain could be a technology that can help with personalized, authentic, and secure healthcare by combining all of a patient’s real-time clinical data and presenting it in an up-to-date secure healthcare setup.