Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Major in Bio-Artificial Intelligence, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea.
Sensors (Basel). 2024 Feb 29;24(5):1582. doi: 10.3390/s24051582.
Ensuring the security and usability of electronic health records (EHRs) is important in health information exchange (HIE) systems that handle healthcare records. This study addressed the need to balance privacy preserving and data usability in blockchain-based HIE systems. We propose a searchable blockchain-based HIE system that enhances privacy preserving while improving data usability. The proposed methodology includes users collecting healthcare information (HI) from various Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices and compiling this information into EHR blocks for sharing on a blockchain network. This approach allows participants to search and utilize specific health data within the blockchain effectively. The results demonstrate that the proposed system mitigates the issues of traditional HIE systems by providing secure and user-friendly access to EHRs. The proposed searchable blockchain-based HIE system resolves the trade-off dilemma in HIE by achieving a balance between security and the data usability of EHRs.
确保电子健康记录(EHR)的安全性和可用性对于处理医疗记录的健康信息交换(HIE)系统非常重要。本研究旨在解决在基于区块链的 HIE 系统中平衡隐私保护和数据可用性的需求。我们提出了一种基于可搜索区块链的 HIE 系统,在提高隐私保护的同时提高数据可用性。所提出的方法包括用户从各种医疗物联网(IoMT)设备收集医疗信息(HI),并将这些信息编译成 EHR 块,以便在区块链网络上共享。这种方法允许参与者在区块链中有效地搜索和利用特定的健康数据。结果表明,该系统通过为 EHR 提供安全且用户友好的访问方式,缓解了传统 HIE 系统的问题。所提出的基于可搜索区块链的 HIE 系统通过在 EHR 的安全性和数据可用性之间取得平衡,解决了 HIE 中的权衡难题。