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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Proof of Concept of Scalable Integration of Internet of Things and Blockchain in Healthcare.

Krishna Prasad Satamraju, Malarkodi B

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Is blockchain ready for orthopaedics? A systematic review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021
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  7. Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2021
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  8. IoT-Based Applications in Healthcare Devices.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Krishna Prasad SatamrajuDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620015, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3320-2760
Malarkodi BDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620015, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of Internet of Things (IoT) brought innovation along with unprecedented benefits of convenience and efficacy in many operations that were otherwise very cumbersome. This innovation explosion has surfaced a new dimension of vulnerability and physical threat to the data integrity of IoT networks. Implementing conventional cryptographic algorithms on IoT devices is not future-proof as these devices are constrained in terms of computational power, performance, and memory. In this paper, we are proposing a novel framework, a unique model that integrates IoT networks with a blockchain to address potential privacy and security threats for data integrity. Smart contracts are instrumental in this integration process and they are used to handle device authentication, authorization and access-control, and data management. We further share a new design model for interfaces to integrate both platforms while highlighting its performance results over the existing models. With the incorporation of off-chain data storage into the framework, overall scalability of the system can be increased. Finally, our research concludes how the proposed framework can be fused virtually into any existing IoT applications with minimal modifications.

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BlockchainDelivery of Health CareInternet of ThingsProof of Concept StudyAlgorithmsComputer SecuritySoftwareTime FactorsblockchainhealthcareInternet of Thingsprivacysecuritysmart contracts

Identifiers

PMID32138380
PMCPMC7085612

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