Blockchain for COVID-19 Patient Health Record

Abstract

In this digital era, where business operations and customer expectations involve harnessing and sharing the required information. In such scenarios, the trust and barrier for creating trusted partner networks can be resolved by Blockchain technologies. Blockchain has become vital for real-world applications involving business transactions where data security is predominant. Healthcare sector is another application of Blockchain gaining momentum. As countries across the globe grapple under the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare sector is the worst hit domain and hence, should scale like never before. During the current pandemic crisis, Blockchain technology could play a pivotal role in revolutionizing the way medical data can be handled and secured over its decentralized peer-to-peer network, thus enhancing the security of health-care information exchange. The infected patients serve as assets in the proposed Blockchain approach and their records include previous ailments if any, as blocks. In this paper a low-cost Blockchain approach has been proposed to store and view patient status along with transaction log details pertaining to their COVID-19 medical conditions. This secure data can only be viewed by the concerned government and local authorities for monitoring and further action.

Blockchain-Enabled Vaccination Registration and Verification System in Healthcare Management

“…This section presents some of the blockchain-based works in healthcare system ecosystems. Harris [38] proposed a blockchain solution involving storing and viewing patient status and transaction log information relevant to Covid-19 medical problems. The confidential information is only accessible to the relevant government and municipal authorities for monitoring and future action.…”

Analyzing the Prospects of Blockchain in Healthcare Industry

“…Through blockchain technology, the previous ailments of patients facing the symptoms of Covid-19 can also be found in the records. The concerned government and local authorities can only view this secure data for monitoring and further action [23].…”