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Secure and Fast Emergency Road Healthcare Service Based on Blockchain Technology for Smart Cities

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  • Amel Ksibi

    (Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia)

  • Halima Mhamdi

    (MACS Research Laboratory RL16ES22, National Engineering School of Gabes, Zrig Gabes 6029, Tunisia)

  • Manel Ayadi

    (Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia)

  • Latifah Almuqren

    (Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mohammed S. Alqahtani

    (Radiological Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia
    BioImaging Unit, Space Research Centre, Michael Atiyah Building, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK)

  • Mohd Dilshad Ansari

    (Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Guru Nanak University, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad 501506, India)

  • Ashutosh Sharma

    (School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India)

  • Sakli Hedi

    (MACS Research Laboratory RL16ES22, National Engineering School of Gabes, Zrig Gabes 6029, Tunisia
    EITA Consulting, 5 Rue Du Chant des Oiseaux, 78360 Montesson, France)

Abstract

Road accidents occur everywhere in the world and the numbers of people dead or injured increase from time to time. People hope that emergency vehicles and medical staff will arrive as soon as possible at the scene of the accident. The development of recent technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) allows us to find solutions to ensure rapid movement by road in emergencies. Integrating the healthcare sector and smart vehicles, IoT ensures this objective. This integration gives rise to two paradigms: the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), where smart devices collect medical data from patients and transmit them to medical staff in real time. These data are extremely sensitive and must be managed securely. This paper proposes a system design that brings together the three concepts of Blockchain technology (BC), IoMT and IoV to address the problem mentioned above. The designed system is composed of three main parts: a list of hospitals, patient electronic medical record (EMR) and a network of connected ambulances. It allows the road user in the case of an accident to report their position to the nearby health services and ambulances.

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  • Amel Ksibi & Halima Mhamdi & Manel Ayadi & Latifah Almuqren & Mohammed S. Alqahtani & Mohd Dilshad Ansari & Ashutosh Sharma & Sakli Hedi, 2023. "Secure and Fast Emergency Road Healthcare Service Based on Blockchain Technology for Smart Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:7:p:5748-:d:1107136
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