Sec-Health: A Blockchain-Based Protocol for Securing Health Records

【Author】 Da Costa, Leonardo; Pinheiro, Billy; Cordeiro, Weverton; Araujo, Roberto; Abelem, Antonio

【Source】IEEE ACCESS

【影响因子】3.476

【Abstract】Storing and sharing health records through electronic systems pose security risks. To address them, several countries' regulations have established that healthcare information systems must fulfill security properties (confidentiality, access control, integrity, revocation and anonymity) and complementary ones (emergency access and interoperability). Upon tackling these issues, several proposals present security limitations and/or address specific properties only. We propose Sec-Health, a blockchain-based protocol that secures health records, addressing all of the main security and complementary properties defined in current regulations. We show that Sec-Health is a suitable solution by analyzing it under several attack scenarios and describing how it overcomes the problems of existing solutions. Furthermore, we evaluate a Sec-Health Proof of Concept, showing that it can reduce from 26% up to 90% the time to access health records, and reduce up to 50% client-side memory overhead, compared to related work.

【Keywords】Blockchains; Computer security; Medical services; Regulation; InterPlanetary File System; Public key; Permission; Data security; Medical information systems; Electronic healthcare; Blockchain; computer security; data security; electronic healthcare; health information management; regulation

【发表时间】2023

【收录时间】2023-03-22

【文献类型】实验仿真

【主题类别】

区块链应用-实体经济-医疗领域