A mobile/tablet app-based patient records management system using blockchain
Conference paper
Rago, D., Ramsurrun, V., Sharma, M., Veerabudren, K. and Seeam, A. 2024. A mobile/tablet app-based patient records management system using blockchain. Seeam, A., Ramsurrun, V., Juddoo, S. and Phokeer, A. (ed.) 6th International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. Flic en Flac, Mauritius 16 - 17 Sep 2023 Springer. pp. 113-130 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51849-2_8
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | A mobile/tablet app-based patient records management system using blockchain |
Authors | Rago, D., Ramsurrun, V., Sharma, M., Veerabudren, K. and Seeam, A. |
Abstract | As of 2022, the healthcare industry plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life as well as the overall well-being of individuals as it offers an extensive array of services across the globe. With the emergence of new technologies in the medical field, the healthcare universe is drastically evolving to provide better medical care, and such an example is the EHR systems. They changed the manner that patient medical health information is registered, stored, and shared. The traditional paper-based records systems have completely been replaced with its digital counterparts that offer superior benefits like better management of patients’ medical records, raise in healthcare productivity, superior decision-making at managerial level and finally, a reduction in the overall healthcare expenditures. With the new EHR systems, patients can have access to their health records and take control over its management. However, the EHR systems are yet to be perfectionated and currently face numerous challenges like serious concerns related to data privacy, data interoperability, data ownership and date security, amongst others. Additionally, patient misidentification and misdiagnosis, are becoming a prevalent occurrence in medical care institutions that will have serious repercussions over patients’ health or lives if this issue is not tackled at the earliest. Therefore, this project aims at developing the PatientCare Mauritius application. It is a mobile app-based patient records management system that makes use of blockchain technology with IPFS system to store and secure the patients’ medical health records against cyber-attacks and other vulnerabilities as well as incorporating the NFC technology with patients’ photo ID. The combination of NFC with photo ID contributes to accurately identifying patients at medical facilities to prevent patient misdiagnosis. To further uphold the acceptance and usability of the PatientCare Mauritius application, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was adopted, and it made use of five constructs. The outcome was that the application obtained a TAM score of 4.33, implying that the PatientCare Mauritius application was valuable and user-friendly. |
Sustainable Development Goals | 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure |
Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
Conference | 6th International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas |
Page range | 113-130 |
Proceedings Title | Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas: 6th EAI International Conference, InterSol 2023, Flic en Flac, Mauritius, September 16-17, 2023, Proceedings |
Series | Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) |
Editors | Seeam, A., Ramsurrun, V., Juddoo, S. and Phokeer, A. |
ISSN | 1867-8211 |
Electronic | 1867-822X |
ISBN | |
Paperback | 9783031518485 |
Electronic | 9783031518492 |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Feb 2024 |
02 Feb 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 09 Aug 2023 |
Deposited | 27 Mar 2024 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51849-2_8 |
Web address (URL) of conference proceedings | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51849-2 |
Language | English |
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