bachelorThesis
Propuesta de identidad digital para historial clínico unificado utilizando tecnología blockchain
Fecha
2021-11-09Autor
Cáceres Salamea, María Caridad
Peralta Velecela, Daniel Fabricio
Institución
Resumen
Blockchain is a new technology that constitutes a security solution in any field. Digital
Identity is one of these possible solutions, which allows to provide sufficient confidence
and security in its actors since the information is not centralized and not entirely in any
of its actors. On the contrary, the Blockchain allows it to be distributed throughout its
conformation, which makes any attempt of violation difficult. Within digital health it can
take advantage of this trust and can be used to manage digital identity as a form of access
to the information stored in the Electronic Health Record of patients. Its indisputable
characteristics of confidentiality, data integrity, immutability, traceability and privacy allow
it to be categorized as an innovative solution for this field.
In the context of the digitalization of the Unified Health Record of the Ministry of
Public Health of Ecuador, no standardized way of managing the EHR has been identified,
which implies the impossibility of managing a unique Identity for the patient who wishes
to access his/her information. Finally, the progress in the defense of digital information
has led to the Personal Data Protection Law, which promotes the need for patients to be
owners of their digital information. As a response to these problems, this work presents
the use of Blockchain for the patient’s Digital Identity, managing to maintain control over
access to their HC, and proposing a complete security scheme for such access. Thus, it is
contributed so that the patient is the one who authorizes the access in a more reliable way
and allowing to approach the feeling of ownership over the information that may be in the
different Health Providers. The work focuses on well-managed authorization by Digital
Identity, but not on the integration and interoperability of the EHR