Secure EHR: A Blockchain-Based Approach for Decentralized and Security Management of Electronic Health Records

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a digital representation of a patient’s medical history, encompassing demographics, medications, past medical history, laboratory data, and reports such as X-rays. However, the current centralized storage of EHRs limits patients’ control over their own medical data and poses challenges for secure sharing among different healthcare providers. To address this issue, we propose a decentralized and secure approach using InterPlanetary File Systems (IPFS) for storage and the RSA algorithm for record encryption. By leveraging the combination of block chain and cryptography, our solution aims to provide patients with full control over their health records while ensuring data integrity.