A Blockchain based solution for Managing Transplant Waiting Lists and Medical Records

摘要

Nowadays, the medical domain is suffering from a lack of transparency, security, and immutability. Developing a decentralized application based on blockchain technology can be helpful in achieving the requirements that will solve the identified problems. This paper proposes a blockchain-based solution for managing the waiting list for a transplant as well as a solution for sharing medical records between parties. Sharing medical records between patients and doctors represents a sensitive process since it must be secured, and it addresses a challenging requirement in terms of storage scalability which is approached by using a distributed file system. Results show that our solution allows the waiting list to be more trustful and increases the patients’ chances for receiving the transplant and at the same time assures the owner of the medical records, reducing the chances of attacks for stealing medical data.