Abstract
It has been discovered that in the old electronic health record platform, each
health service unit managed its health records, making sharing difficult on the different
medical platforms. However, it has been discovered that blockchain technology is a
panacea that makes it possible to enable medical service units that are based on
different platforms to share electronic health record data. However, one major
challenge with this approach is the difficulty in storing whole electronic health record
data in the blockchain, given the price and size of the blockchain. As a way out, cloud
computing was ticked as a potential solution. Cloud computing affords a unique
opportunity, including storage of scalability and availability. But again, the electronic
health record with cloud computing advantage may be susceptible to attacks because
sensitive data is transferred through a public channel. The task of sharing and
disseminating medical information and records electronically is inevitable as far as
medical management and treatment combination are concerned. Unfortunately, the old
cloud-based electronic medical record storage platform is hard to achieve data security
sharing. Given the tamper resistance and traceability, blockchain technology makes it
possible for highly sensitive health data to be shared. Therefore, this chapter intends to
provide detailed information on the application of medical imaging systems using
blockchain.