Title: Development of a blockchain-based architecture for health data management and sharing

Authors: Madhumita Das; Durjoy Majumder

Addresses: Department of Physiology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata 700 126, India ' Department of Physiology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata 700 126, India

Abstract: Databases are important in disease management. Information technology helps in disease database management in different healthcare organisations through LAN-based servers. Hence, patients or anybody from the community do not have access to such databases. Most public databases provide cross-sectional information about a specific disease. For providing a quality healthcare to the individual patients, emphasis is put on clinical data analytics; however, it requires individual patients' clinical datasets with time-varying data points. In fact, the aggregation of such individual patients' data into a large database could be considered as the more robust evidence of big data analytics and evidence-based clinical decisions. Considering these, a community driven disease (CDD) database portal has been developed, blockchain technology is adopted to connect its four independent modules: user, corporate, visitors and admin. CDD is open to search but patients' privacy is secured. It is patient-centric and stores individual patients' data in a temporal manner.

Keywords: disease database; dynamical data; digital health; fourth industrial revolution; telemedicine; community driven disease; CDD.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2024.140081

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2024 Vol.14 No.1, pp.1 - 26

Received: 15 May 2023
Accepted: 10 Apr 2024
Published online: 22 Jul 2024 *

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