TY - JOUR
T1 - A Proposed Solution and Future Direction for Blockchain-Based Heterogeneous Medicare Data in Cloud Environment
AU - Kaur, Harleen
AU - Alam, M. Afshar
AU - Jameel, Roshan
AU - Mourya, Ashish Kumar
AU - Chang, Victor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - The healthcare data is an important asset and rich source of healthcare intellect. Medical databases, if created properly, will be large, complex, heterogeneous and time varying. The main challenge nowadays is to store and process this data efficiently so that it can benefit humans. Heterogeneity in the healthcare sector in the form of medical data is also considered to be one of the biggest challenges for researchers. Sometimes, this data is referred to as large-scale data or big data. Blockchain technology and the Cloud environment have proved their usability separately. Though these two technologies can be combined to enhance the exciting applications in healthcare industry. Blockchain is a highly secure and decentralized networking platform of multiple computers called nodes. It is changing the way medical information is being stored and shared. It makes the work easier, keeps an eye on the security and accuracy of the data and also reduces the cost of maintenance. A Blockchain-based platform is proposed that can be used for storing and managing electronic medical records in a Cloud environment.
AB - The healthcare data is an important asset and rich source of healthcare intellect. Medical databases, if created properly, will be large, complex, heterogeneous and time varying. The main challenge nowadays is to store and process this data efficiently so that it can benefit humans. Heterogeneity in the healthcare sector in the form of medical data is also considered to be one of the biggest challenges for researchers. Sometimes, this data is referred to as large-scale data or big data. Blockchain technology and the Cloud environment have proved their usability separately. Though these two technologies can be combined to enhance the exciting applications in healthcare industry. Blockchain is a highly secure and decentralized networking platform of multiple computers called nodes. It is changing the way medical information is being stored and shared. It makes the work easier, keeps an eye on the security and accuracy of the data and also reduces the cost of maintenance. A Blockchain-based platform is proposed that can be used for storing and managing electronic medical records in a Cloud environment.
KW - Blockchain technology
KW - Cloud environment
KW - Decentralized network
KW - Electronic health records (EHRs)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049773879&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10916-018-1007-5
DO - 10.1007/s10916-018-1007-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 29987560
AN - SCOPUS:85049773879
SN - 0148-5598
VL - 42
JO - Journal of Medical Systems
JF - Journal of Medical Systems
IS - 8
M1 - 156
ER -