TY  - EJOU
AU  - Alnssayan, Azza Abdullah 
AU  - Hassan, Mohammad Mahdi 
AU  - Alsuhibany, Suliman A. 

TI  - VacChain: A Blockchain-Based EMR System to Manage Child Vaccination Records
T2  - Computer Systems Science and Engineering

PY  - 2022
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
SN  - 

AB  - The digitalization of healthcare-related information service systems has become a trend across the world. However, several crucial services are still provided manually due to a lack of trust in digital solutions. One such service is keeping records of children’s vaccination, which still relies on a paper-based file system in most parts of the world. This approach causes serious data integrity problems. Recently, healthcare has become a potential application area of the blockchain, as it can preserve and protect highly sensitive private medical records while sharing these records in a decentralized manner without losing personal ownership. Therefore, we propose a new digital model to track a child’s vaccination records using blockchain. In particular, this proposed application helps improve the vaccination record-keeping process by ensuring the integrity of the preserved data in a more secure way. In an emerging pandemic situation, our approach can be extended to manage the overall vaccination process effectively.
KW  - Blockchain; vaccination; healthcare; Hyperledger Fabric

DO  - 10.32604/csse.2022.016734