A Blockchain‐Based Solution for Enhancing Security and Privacy in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Used in e‐Healthcare
Meenakshi, Preeti Sharma · 2023
This paper proposes a novel architecture in the domain of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in e-healthcare addressing security and privacy challenges. It also provides an analysis of the safety and confidentiality challenges, along with necessities, threats, and upcoming scope of research. With outstanding development, IoMT has a massive impact on people's normal lifestyle. For instance, instead of a physical visit to the clinic, a patient's medical history data are remotely handled and processed in a real-time framework and thereafter moved to a third party for later use, i.e., data stored in a cloud. With the increasing requirements on quality medical care and the constantly rising care expenses, system- and web-oriented medical care is considered as an innovative solution to address medical challenges worldwide. Specifically, the new advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) have prompted the development of IoMT. Albeit such cost-effective and web-based systems and devices might actually change the current responsive care to preventive care, concerns regarding the privacy and security of patient data in such web-based frameworks are frequently ignored. As medical devices obtain and cycle individual health-related sensitive information, these gadgets and their related correspondence must therefore be exceptionally secure in order to ensure the privacy of patients. Miniature IoMT devices have a limited calculation power, and genuinely restricted security features can be executed in these gadgets. Moreover, with their wide utilization, managing these devices and guaranteeing the safety of the IoMT framework are becoming a challenge, which are proving as significant issues that hinder the implementation of IoMT in medical applications. This paper recommends a novel design in the area of IoMT in e-medical care addressing the security and protection challenges. In addition, it explores the security and protection challenges, prerequisites, dangers, and future research directions.