A secure and distributed framework for sharing COVID-19 patient reports using consortium blockchain and IPFS

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A secure and distributed framework for sharing COVID-19 patient reports using consortium blockchain and IPFS

Author : Dr Randhir Kumar

Year : 2020

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Source Title : PDGC 2020 - 2020 6th International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing

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Abstract

Today healthcare industries are maintaining COVID-19 patients’ information electronically which includes patients’ diagnostic reports, patients’ private information, and doctor prescriptions. However, the COVID-19, patient sensitive information is currently stored in centralized or third-party storage model. One of the key challenge of centralized storage model is the preserving privacy of patient information and transparency in the system. The privacy risk include illegitimate access to sensitive information of patient such as identification details access and misutilization of patient information and their clinical records. To overcome this challenge, we proposed a distributed on-chain and off-chain storage model using consortium blockchain and interplanetary file systems (IPFS). The proposed framework though maintaining patient privacy makes it easier for legitimate entities like healthcare providers (e.g., physicians and clinical staffs) to access clinical data of COVID-19 patients’.