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Security model to protect patient data in mHealth systems through a Blockchain network | ||
| Published in: | Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Proceedings of the 17th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology |  |
| Date of Conference: | July 24-26, 2019 | |
| Location of Conference: | Montego Bay, Jamaica | |
| Authors: | Cristhian Alexis Natividad Peña (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, PE) Angel Elí Gutiérrez Díaz (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, PE) Jimmy Armas (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, PE) Juan Manuel Madrid Molina (Universidad Icesi, CO) (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas) | |
| Full Paper: | #285 | |
Abstract:On this research paper we propose a security model to protect patient data on mobile health systems (mHealth) through a Blockchain network. This model is implemented under a Blockchain platform that allows collecting, sharing and integrating data in a safe way through a mobile app for mHealth devices, for medical care in Peruvian clinics. This security model consists of three stages: 1. Data collection, 2. Data processing, 3. System monitoring. It should be noted that the patient is autonomous in the management of his information, and that each user requires a single identifier to get access to the data. A test scenario was defined to validate the proposed model. Also, the study was conducted with a group of users through a health mobile app and the used medical data was provided by a hospital in Peru as anonymized research data. During the study, we validated the following topics: access control to the network, access to medical information of authorized users, data integrity on each transaction and performance evaluation of the system under a high user transaction load. Preliminary results show the system average response time is 4.72 seconds for 10,000 users carrying out requests simultaneously. | ||