A Secure Framework for Health Record Management Using Blockchain in Cloud Environment

Abstract

Health records of any type should be confidential, but simultaneously they should be accessible to an authorized user. In the current conventional health care system, health records are processed in the local database. Only authorized hospital staff can have access to the patient health records kept in health centers. The flow of information in this kind of system is center-restricted. One technology that can potentially overcome this problem is Blockchain. Blockchain technology allows sharing of data in a distributed way with benefits like privacy-preserving and secure access control. To achieve secure access control and privacy of electronic healthcare data (EHD), a secure framework for distributed sharing of the health record is proposed. The use of blockchain will remove the requirement of a trusted 3rd party for data storage. The framework uses searchable key attribute-based encryption (ABE) for achieving fine-grain access control. The simulation results indicate that our scheme is quite effective and secure.