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Towards A Blockchain Assisted Patient Owned System For Electronic Health Records, Tomilayo Fatokun, Avishek Nag, Sachin Sharma
Towards A Blockchain Assisted Patient Owned System For Electronic Health Records, Tomilayo Fatokun, Avishek Nag, Sachin Sharma
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Security and privacy of patients’ data is a major concern in the healthcare industry. In this paper, we propose a system that activates robust security and privacy of patients’ medical records as well as enables interoperability and data exchange between the different healthcare providers. The work proposes the shift from patient’s electronic health records being managed and controlled by the healthcare industry to a patient-centric application where patients are in control of their data. The aim of this research is to build an Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system that is layered on the Ethereum blockchain platform and smart contract in …