Ghadi Yazeed Yasin, Mazhar Tehseen, Shahzad Tariq, Amir Khan Muhammad, Abd-Alrazaq Alaa, Ahmed Arfan, Hamam Habib
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi, 15322, UAE.
Department of Computer Science, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, 55150, Pakistan.
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 8;14(1):18422. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-68529-x.
This study explores integrating blockchain technology into the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) to address security and privacy challenges. Blockchain's transparency, confidentiality, and decentralization offer significant potential benefits in the healthcare domain. The research examines various blockchain components, layers, and protocols, highlighting their role in IoMT. It also explores IoMT applications, security challenges, and methods for integrating blockchain to enhance security. Blockchain integration can be vital in securing and managing this data while preserving patient privacy. It also opens up new possibilities in healthcare, medical research, and data management. The results provide a practical approach to handling a large amount of data from IoMT devices. This strategy makes effective use of data resource fragmentation and encryption techniques. It is essential to have well-defined standards and norms, especially in the healthcare sector, where upholding safety and protecting the confidentiality of information are critical. These results illustrate that it is essential to follow standards like HIPAA, and blockchain technology can help ensure these criteria are met. Furthermore, the study explores the potential benefits of blockchain technology for enhancing inter-system communication in the healthcare industry while maintaining patient privacy protection. The results highlight the effectiveness of blockchain's consistency and cryptographic techniques in combining identity management and healthcare data protection, protecting patient privacy and data integrity. Blockchain is an unchangeable distributed ledger system. In short, the paper provides important insights into how blockchain technology may transform the healthcare industry by effectively addressing significant challenges and generating legal, safe, and interoperable solutions. Researchers, doctors, and graduate students are the audience for our paper.
本研究探讨将区块链技术集成到医疗物联网（IoMT）中，以应对安全和隐私挑战。区块链的透明性、保密性和去中心化在医疗领域具有显著的潜在优势。该研究考察了区块链的各种组件、层级和协议，突出了它们在医疗物联网中的作用。它还探讨了医疗物联网的应用、安全挑战以及集成区块链以增强安全性的方法。在保护患者隐私的同时，区块链集成对于保障和管理这些数据至关重要。它还在医疗保健、医学研究和数据管理方面开辟了新的可能性。研究结果提供了一种处理来自医疗物联网设备的大量数据的实用方法。该策略有效利用了数据资源碎片化和加密技术。制定明确的标准和规范至关重要，尤其是在医疗保健领域，维护安全和保护信息保密性至关重要。这些结果表明，遵循诸如《健康保险流通与责任法案》（HIPAA）等标准至关重要，而区块链技术有助于确保满足这些标准。此外，该研究探讨了区块链技术在增强医疗行业系统间通信同时保护患者隐私方面的潜在好处。研究结果突出了区块链的一致性和加密技术在结合身份管理和医疗数据保护、保护患者隐私和数据完整性方面的有效性。区块链是一种不可变的分布式账本系统。简而言之，本文提供了重要见解，说明区块链技术如何通过有效应对重大挑战并生成合法、安全且可互操作的解决方案来改变医疗行业。我们论文的受众包括研究人员、医生和研究生。
