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A fog computing-based architecture for medical records management

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Silva, Cícero A., Aquino, Gibeon S., Melo, Sávio R. M., Egídio, Dannylo J. B.·2019·Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
DOI 10.1155/2019/1968960
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Abstract

The aging of the world’s population and the growth in the number of people with chronic diseases have increased expenses with medical care. Thus, the use of technological solutions has been widely adopted in the medical field to improve the patients’ health. In this context, approaches based on Cloud Computing have been used to store and process the information generated in these solutions. However, using Cloud can create delays that are intolerable for medical applications. Thus, the Fog Computing paradigm emerged as an alternative to overcome this problem, bringing computation and storage closer to the data sources. However, managing medical data stored in Fog is still a challenge. Moreover, characteristics of availability, performance, interoperability, and privacy need to be considered in approaches that aim to explore this problem. So, this article shows a software architecture based on Fog Computing and designed to facilitate the management of medical records. This architecture uses Blockchain concepts to provide the necessary privacy features and to allow Fog Nodes to carry out the authorization process in a distributed way. Finally, this paper describes a case study that evaluates the performance, privacy, and interoperability requirements of the proposed architecture in a home-centered healthcare scenario.

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  • Prior studies have promulgated the use of blockchain as a proficient method of managing medical data and electronic personal health information or records.

    “Prior studies have promulgated the use of blockchain as a proficient method of managing medical data (Quaini et al., 2018;Hussein et al., 2018;Silva et al., 2019;Shen et al., 2019;Tian et al., 2019) and electronic personal health information or records (PHRs) (Roehrs et al., 2017;Dagher et al., 2018;Hussein et al., 2018;Guo et al., 2018).”

    From Blockchain in healthcare: A systematic literature review, synthesizing framework and future research agenda (2020) · cites this paper as Silva et al., 2019

  • Previously reported constraints include need for gateway layer for Tangle, limited fog layer storage, semantic interoperability, and incompatibility with legacy systems.

    “Some previously reported constraints include the necessity of a gateway layer for Tangle to establish direct communication with sensors (Zheng et al. 2019), the limited storage provided by a fog layer (Silva et al., 2019), as well as semantic interoperability and incompatibility with legacy systems (Zhang et al., 2018).”

    From Blockchain in healthcare: A systematic literature review, synthesizing framework and future research agenda (2020) · cites this paper as Silva et al., 2019

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Authors
Silva, C. A., Aquino, G. S., Melo, S. R. M., & Egídio, D. J. B.
Affiliations
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
Corresponding author
Silva, Cícero A.
ORCID
Venue
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-02-27
Volume
2019
Pages
1-16
ISSN
  • 1530-8669 (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8677
DOI
10.1155/2019/1968960
OpenAlex
W2917815110
Cited by
50
References
15
Citations by year
2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9
FWCI
4.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (465614/2014-0, APQ-0399-1.03/17, PRONEX APQ/0388-1.03/14)
  • INES (465614/2014-0, APQ-0399-1.03/17, PRONEX APQ/0388-1.03/14)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (465614/2014-0, APQ-0399-1.03/17, PRONEX APQ/0388-1.03/14)
  • Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (465614/2014-0, APQ-0399-1.03/17, PRONEX APQ/0388-1.03/14)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Internet of Things and AI
Keywords
fog computing, medical records management, blockchain, privacy, distributed authorization, fog nodes, home health care, interoperability, healthcare data storage, software architecture

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