Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach
Hospital inpatient care relies on constant monitoring and reliable real-time data. Continuous improvement, adaptability, and state-of-the-art technologies are critical for ongoing efficiency, productivity, and readiness growth. When appropriately used, technologies, such as blockchain and IoT-enable...
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| description | Hospital inpatient care relies on constant monitoring and reliable real-time data. Continuous improvement, adaptability, and state-of-the-art technologies are critical for ongoing efficiency, productivity, and readiness growth. When appropriately used, technologies, such as blockchain and IoT-enabled devices, can change the practice of medicine and ensure that it is performed based on correct assumptions and reliable data. The proposed electronic health record (EHR) can obtain context information from beacons, change the user interface of medical devices according to their location, and provide a more user-friendly interface for medical devices. The data generated, which are associated with the location of the beacons and devices, were stored in Hyperledger Fabric, a permissioned distributed ledger technology. Overall, by prompting and adjusting the user interface to context- and location-specific information while ensuring the immutability and value of the data, this solution targets a decrease in medical errors and an increase in the efficiency in healthcare inpatient care by improving user experience and ease of access to data for health professionals. Moreover, given auditing, accountability, and governance needs, it must ensure when, if, and by whom the data are accessed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2b5c79108b2f4d569bd2c1f077566d792024-12-27T14:30:41ZengMDPI AGInformatics2227-97092024-12-011149810.3390/informatics11040098Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain ApproachTiago Guimarães0Ricardo Duarte1Francini Hak2Manuel Santos3Algoritmi/LASI Centre, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalAlgoritmi/LASI Centre, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalAlgoritmi/LASI Centre, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalAlgoritmi/LASI Centre, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalHospital inpatient care relies on constant monitoring and reliable real-time data. Continuous improvement, adaptability, and state-of-the-art technologies are critical for ongoing efficiency, productivity, and readiness growth. When appropriately used, technologies, such as blockchain and IoT-enabled devices, can change the practice of medicine and ensure that it is performed based on correct assumptions and reliable data. The proposed electronic health record (EHR) can obtain context information from beacons, change the user interface of medical devices according to their location, and provide a more user-friendly interface for medical devices. The data generated, which are associated with the location of the beacons and devices, were stored in Hyperledger Fabric, a permissioned distributed ledger technology. Overall, by prompting and adjusting the user interface to context- and location-specific information while ensuring the immutability and value of the data, this solution targets a decrease in medical errors and an increase in the efficiency in healthcare inpatient care by improving user experience and ease of access to data for health professionals. Moreover, given auditing, accountability, and governance needs, it must ensure when, if, and by whom the data are accessed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9709/11/4/98beaconsIoTBluetoothblockchaincontext-awareelectronic health record (EHR) |
| spellingShingle | Tiago Guimarães Ricardo Duarte Francini Hak Manuel Santos Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach Informatics beacons IoT Bluetooth blockchain context-aware electronic health record (EHR) |
| title | Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach |
| title_full | Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach |
| title_fullStr | Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach |
| title_short | Context-Aware Electronic Health Record—Internet of Things and Blockchain Approach |
| title_sort | context aware electronic health record internet of things and blockchain approach |
| topic | beacons IoT Bluetooth blockchain context-aware electronic health record (EHR) |
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