SmartMed
Abstract
The management of medical records poses a significant global challenge in the commercial domain. The healthcare industry needs digitization so badly because its information management systems are so old that they are usually decades behind those of other sectors. The goal of the healthcare industry is to run without paper. More and more healthcare facilities are scanning paper medical data and entering the information into electronic health records (EHRs). They need to be more open and work better with other systems. Numerous individuals seek healthcare services from different providers due to the rapid evolution of the healthcare system. Blockchain technology fixes these problems and allows large amounts of health data to be shared safely and securely. So, the patient will have complete control over and access to their medical data. In this article, we have proposed ‘SmartMed,’ an intelligent and secure healthcare management system using blockchain architecture. People can choose who they want to share their medical information with as part of the proposal. They could also control the privacy and access to their health data. We have compared our proposed system using performance metrics for delay and resource utilization. The results show improvements over traditional approaches.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Electronic Health Records Systems
Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Wiley eBooks
- Pages
- 207–232
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter