IntelliMedChain: Knowledge Driven and Blockchain Powered Data Sharing
Framework for Smart Healthcare
Abstract
The healthcare profile of an individual is scattered across multiple
data sources which can be difficult to access in a timely fashion.
Furthermore, while the need to secure an individual’s personal health
record is of paramount importance to prevent compromises such as
cyber-attacks, it is important to be able to be able to seamlessly and
quickly share information across healthcare providers to further enable
precision and personalized health care. We present IntelliMedChain, a
blockchain-powered knowledge-driven data sharing framework that gives
patients complete control of their medical data and which can extract
rich information hidden in the medical records using knowledge graphs
(KGs). By incorporating both blockchain and KGs, we can provide a
platform for a secure data sharing amongst stakeholders by maintaining
data privacy and integrity through data authentication and robust data
integration. We conduct a pilot study of the IntelliMedChain network
using Ethereum blockchain technology to share knowledge across
stakeholders. We show how it mitigates the issues around scalability by
efficiently managing large-scale data and interoperability through
seamless adoption of data regulations, as prescribed by various
regulatory bodies for efficient governance.