Panacea (medicine)

Health care

Cloud computing security

Computer security

Encryption

Operating system

Economics

Blockchain

Computer science

Cloud computing

Internet privacy

Information privacy

Alternative medicine

Data security

Medicine

Economic growth

Pathology

IEEE Cloud Computing

One particular trend observed in healthcare is the progressive shift of data and services to the cloud, partly due to convenience (e.g. availability of complete patient medical history in real-time) and savings (e.g. economics of healthcare data management). There are, however, limitations to using conventional cryptographic primitives and access control models to address security and privacy concerns in an increasingly cloud-based environment. In this paper, we study the potential to use the Blockchain technology to protect healthcare data hosted within the cloud. We also describe the practical challenges of such a proposition and further research that is required.

Blockchain: A Panacea for Healthcare Cloud-Based Data Security and Privacy?