A Scalable and Secure Medical Data Storage and Sharing System

  • Published : 2021.05.03

Abstract

For the past couple of years, the medical data has been stored in centralized systems which is not the ideal storage technique since all data can be altered, stolen, or even used for evil purposes and, furthermore, the data cannot be safely shared with other doctors and hospitals in case of patient's transfer, change of state or country, in addition, patient's health status cannot be tracked and the patient's medical history is unknown. Therefore, powerful decentralized technologies and expertise can help provide better health information and help doctors and patients to better understand the situations before and after treatment, and do more research based on immutable and trusted data. One of the proposed solutions is storing and securing data on the blockchain which is less scalable, slow and expensive. Introducing a scalable, robust medical data storage and sharing system based on AI/ML, IoT, IPFS, and blockchain.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE), KOREA, through the Education Program for Creative and Industrial Convergence (Grant Number N0000717).