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Blockchain-Enhanced Privacy and Security in Medicare Data Sharing: Identifying Gaps and Solutions in Current Practices

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Computing, Internet of Things and Data Analytics (ICCIDA 2023)

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Securing Medicare data sharing is of paramount importance. Our current centralized approach to data management falls short of preserving privacy and ensuring safe data sharing. Blockchain technology is explored as a viable solution designed to reinforce security in shared data. We conducted a focused survey to uncover the deficiencies and challenges in existing protocols, which provide valuable insights for the future application of blockchain in patient data exchange. The healthcare sector necessitates immediate data access and entry, yet the risk of data breaches looms large. Our study emphasizes blockchain’s potential to enhance data security, granting patients greater control over their shared data. This study is a stepping stone towards a new epoch of data sharing strategies centered on privacy.

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  1. Information Technology, Altinbas University, Dilmenler, Istanbul, 34218, Istanbul, Turkey

    Abdullah Rehman

  2. Electrical, and Electronics Engineering, Altinbas University, Dilmenler, Istanbul, 34218, Istanbul, Turkey

    Muhammad Ilyas

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Rehman, A., Ilyas, M. (2024). Blockchain-Enhanced Privacy and Security in Medicare Data Sharing: Identifying Gaps and Solutions in Current Practices. In: García Márquez, F.P., Jamil, A., Ramirez, I.S., Eken, S., Hameed, A.A. (eds) Computing, Internet of Things and Data Analytics. ICCIDA 2023. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1145. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53717-2_40

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