Distributed Ledger Technology based Integrated Healthcare Solution for Bangladesh

TL;DR

This paper proposes a blockchain-based healthcare data management platform for Bangladesh, enhancing data security, integrity, and collaboration among public and private healthcare providers using Hyperledger Fabric.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive blockchain framework tailored for Bangladesh's healthcare system, enabling secure data sharing and digital agreements across diverse organizations.

Findings

Secure digital health records with data immutability.

Enhanced collaboration through smart contracts.

Feasibility of a national health data warehouse.

Abstract

Healthcare data is sensitive and requires great protection. Encrypted electronic health records (EHRs) contain personal and sensitive data such as names and addresses. Having access to patient data benefits all of them. This paper proposes a blockchain-based distributed healthcare application platform for Bangladeshi public and private healthcare providers. Using data immutability and smart contracts, the suggested application framework allows users to create safe digital agreements for commerce or collaboration. Thus, all enterprises may securely collaborate using the same blockchain network, gaining data openness and read/write capacity. The proposed application consists of various application interfaces for various system users. For data integrity, privacy, permission and service availability, the proposed solution leverages Hyperledger fabric and Blockchain as a Service. Everyone will also have their own profile in the portal. A unique identity for each person and the installation of digital information centres across the country have greatly eased the process. It will collect systematic health data from each person which will be beneficial for research institutes and health-related organisations. A national data warehouse in Bangladesh is feasible for this application and It is also possible to keep a clean health sector by analysing data stored in this warehouse and conducting various purification algorithms using technologies like Data Science. Given that Bangladesh has both public and private health care, a straightforward digital strategy for all organisations is essential.