Blockchain: A panacea for electronic health records?

Mohamad Kassab; Joanna Defranco; Tarek Malas; Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto; Giuseppe Destefanis

doi:10.1109/SEH.2019.00011

Blockchain: A panacea for electronic health records?

Mohamad Kassab
, Joanna Defranco
, Tarek Malas
, Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto
, Giuseppe Destefanis

Engineering Division (Great Valley)

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33 Scopus citations

Abstract

Healthcare systems have been supported by technology to help improve the user experience with the entire health system. However, many operational challenges still remain, in particular those related to a unified management of electronic health records (EHR) that could enable multiple doctors to have access to the complete health history of their patient. Blockchain could support unified records, data security and privacy improvement and insurance decisions/transactions making it an effective solution for the above mentioned healthcare technology challenges. The main contribution of this paper is providing preliminary results of a literature review on the adoption of blockchain to support the management of EHR in health systems - along with the benefits and challenges.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	21-24
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728122519
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SEH.2019.00011
State	Published - May 2019
Event	1st IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: May 27 2019 → …

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Name	Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019

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Conference	1st IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	5/27/19 → …

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Health Informatics

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Kassab, M., Defranco, J., Malas, T., Graciano Neto, V. V., & Destefanis, G. (2019). Blockchain: A panacea for electronic health records? In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019 (pp. 21-24). Article 8823914 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEH.2019.00011

Kassab, Mohamad ; Defranco, Joanna ; Malas, Tarek et al. / Blockchain : A panacea for electronic health records?. Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 21-24 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Healthcare, SEH 2019).

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Blockchain: A panacea for electronic health records? / Kassab, Mohamad; Defranco, Joanna; Malas, Tarek et al.
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