Proceedings of the Workshop on Computation: Theory and Practice (WCTP 2023)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>

An API for Secure Sharing of Electronic Health Records in a Public Blockchain

Authors
Maria Patricia Javier1, *, Earth Wendell Lopez1, Gabriel Luis Marcelo1, Katrina Ysabel Solomon1
1Advanced Research Institute for Informatics, Computing, and Networking, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, 1004, Philippines
*Corresponding author.
Corresponding Author
Maria Patricia Javier
Available Online 29 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-388-7_16How to use a DOI?
Keywords
electronic health records; blockchain; access control
Abstract

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) contain information such as diagnoses, medications, and allergies of individuals stored in a digital manner. Given the sensitive nature of these information, EHR systems with improper access control may be vulnerable to attacks leading to a breach of confidentiality. Those with strict security controls, on the other hand, limit the accessibility of the records, making them difficult to share said records among various medical institutions and professionals. One approach to addressing the accessibility of EHRs, while not compromising confidentiality and access control, is by utilizing blockchain technology. The inherent security of blockchains allow it to strengthen existing EHR systems by addressing the limitations previously mentioned. In this research, an Application Programming Interface (API) was developed to integrate an EHR system to a blockchain network. The API includes functionalities such as adding records, sharing and retrieving records, and access control.

Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>
Volume Title
Proceedings of the Workshop on Computation: Theory and Practice (WCTP 2023)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Computer Sciences
Publication Date
29 February 2024
ISBN
978-94-6463-388-7
ISSN
2589-4900
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-388-7_16How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Cite this article

risenwbib
TY  - CONF
AU  - Maria Patricia Javier
AU  - Earth Wendell Lopez
AU  - Gabriel Luis Marcelo
AU  - Katrina Ysabel Solomon
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/29
TI  - An API for Secure Sharing of Electronic Health Records in a Public Blockchain
BT  - Proceedings of the Workshop on Computation: Theory and Practice (WCTP 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 254
EP  - 268
SN  - 2589-4900
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-388-7_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-388-7_16
ID  - Javier2024
ER  -