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A Proposed Solution and Future Direction for Blockchain-Based Heterogeneous Medicare Data in Cloud Environment

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The healthcare data is an important asset and rich source of healthcare intellect. Medical databases, if created properly, will be large, complex, heterogeneous and time varying. The main challenge nowadays is to store and process this data efficiently so that it can benefit humans. Heterogeneity in the healthcare sector in the form of medical data is also considered to be one of the biggest challenges for researchers. Sometimes, this data is referred to as large-scale data or big data. Blockchain technology and the Cloud environment have proved their usability separately. Though these two technologies can be combined to enhance the exciting applications in healthcare industry. Blockchain is a highly secure and decentralized networking platform of multiple computers called nodes. It is changing the way medical information is being stored and shared. It makes the work easier, keeps an eye on the security and accuracy of the data and also reduces the cost of maintenance. A Blockchain-based platform is proposed that can be used for storing and managing electronic medical records in a Cloud environment.

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This research work is catalyzed and supported by National Council for Science and Technology Communications (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) for support and motivation [grant recipient: Dr. Harleen Kaur and grant No. 5753/ IFD/ 2015-16]. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology (Govt. of India), India.

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    Harleen Kaur, M. Afshar Alam, Roshan Jameel & Ashish Kumar Mourya

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Kaur, H., Alam, M.A., Jameel, R. et al. A Proposed Solution and Future Direction for Blockchain-Based Heterogeneous Medicare Data in Cloud Environment. J Med Syst 42, 156 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1007-5

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