Blockchain-based healthcare security and interoperability

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments facilitate healthcare system security and interoperability. In some embodiments, a first entity may receive, in response to a transaction at a first time, encrypted information blocks pertaining to the transaction from one or more second entities. Each encrypted information block may be received from a distinct second entity and may comprise at least one sub-block decryptable by the first entity. The first entity may decrypt the decryptable sub-blocks and augment a multi-dimensional blockchain. The multi-dimensional blockchain may be augmented with a multi-dimensional block formed by linking at least one of the encrypted information blocks received from the one or more second entities to a current block being added to a blockchain associated with the transaction and maintained by the first entity. The first entity may then enable access to the multi-dimensional blockchain for at least one of the one or more second entities.

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technical field [0001] The subject matter disclosed herein relates to healthcare system security and healthcare system interoperability. Background technique [0002] Healthcare information systems face compliance challenges that limit interoperability. For example, stored information may be subject to various privacy regulations, such as the Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The privacy provisions mandated by HIPAA establish national standards for protecting individual medical records and other personal health information when conducting healthcare transactions electronically. These regulations can cover privacy (for example, which entities can access information), content (what information can be accessed by authorized entities), security (how information is protected from unauthorized entities when stored and during electronic communications) and integrity (accuracy and truthfulness of the information). In addition, information with commercial va...

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Problems solved by technology

This division of information has resulted in increased systemic costs (e.g., the cost of considering treatment alternatives by medical providers), increased patient risk (e.g., due to drug interactions, prescription abuse, etc.), and outcomes-based medical treatments or remedies Limited efficacy (eg, making it more difficult and expensive to determine when a desired result has been achieved or to compare metrics in methods that achieve similar results)

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