Architecture

Archaeology

Interoperability

Economic growth

Data architecture

Systems architecture

World Wide Web

Health care

Economics

Geography

Blockchain

Electronic health record

Computer science

Reference architecture

Software architecture

Computer security

Database

Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience

Summary This paper presents a blockchain‐based architecture for our current electronic health record (EHR) systems. Being built on top of existing databases maintained by health providers, the architecture implements a blockchain solution to ensure the integrity of data records and improve interoperability of the systems through tracking all events that happen to the data in the databases. In this proposed architecture, we also introduce a new incentive mechanism for the creation of new blocks on the blockchain. The architecture is independent of any specific blockchain platforms and open to further extensions; hence, it potentially fits in with other electronic record systems that require protection against data misuse.

A blockchain‐based architecture for securing electronic health record systems