Enabling Patient Control of Personal Electronic Health Records Through Distributed Ledger Technology

摘要：

　　The rise of distributed ledger technology, initiated and exemplified by the Bitcoin blockchain, is having an increasing impact on information technology environments in which there is an emphasis on trust and security. Management of electronic health records, where both conformation to legislative regulations and maintenance of public trust are paramount, is an area where the impact of these new technologies may be particularly beneficial. We present a system that enables finegrained personalized control of third-party access to patients electronic health records, allowing individuals to specify when and how their records are accessed for research purposes. The use of the smart contract based Ethereum blockchain technology to implement this system allows it to operate in a verifiably secure, trustless, and openly auditable environment, features crucial to health information systems moving forward.

关键词： Electronic Health Records Health Information Systems Technology

作者: James Cunningham John Ainsworth

作者单位: The Health eResearch Centre and The Farr Institute,Division of Informatics,Imaging and Data Sciences,School of Health Sciences,Faculty of Biology,Medicine and Health,The University of Manchester

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第十六届世界医药健康信息学大会((MEDINFO2017)、第二届世界医药健康信息学华语论坛(WCHIS 2017)、第15届全国医药信息学大会(CMIA 2017)

会议地点: 苏州

会议语种:英文

页码: 45-48

在线出版日期: 2017-08-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）