Mohamahd Amin Samsami, Parviz Rashidi-Khazaee, Omid Reza Boloki

Providing and Implementing the Secure Structure of the Waiting List Management System for Organ Transplant Patients with Blockchain Technology based on IPFS



2024, Journal of Health & Biomedical Informatics (JHBMI), [Citation Link]

Introduction: In recent decades, the medical field has faced many challenges in managing and maintaining the security of information on organ transplantation waiting list patients and the lack of trust of the participants in this process, which requires more efforts to ensure the security and privacy of patients and donors.

Methodology: A safe and reliable method to improve waiting list management using blockchain technology is presented and implemented. To solve the challenge of maintaining voluminous medical documents, an efficient structure based on the Network Distributed File System (IPFS) is provided, in which patient information is anonymized with the help of appropriate algorithms and then stored and linked to the blockchain network.

Results: The implemented system provides an integrated and innovative method in organ transplant management, which not only comprehensively provides the security and privacy of patients, but also reduces social inequalities and increases trust in the organ donation process, as well as fair management of patient waiting lists.

Conclusion: The proposed system has provided a scalable and efficient system by using microservices architecture and can be provided as a reliable tool for medical stakeholders.

Keywords: Blockchain,Organ Transplant Waiting List,Anonymization of Medical Documents,Storage of Patients' Medical Documents,Patient Privacy security.




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