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

Amel Ksibi, Halima Mhamdi, Manel Ayadi, Latifah Almuqren (), Mohammed S. Alqahtani, Mohd Dilshad Ansari, Ashutosh Sharma and Sakli Hedi
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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
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

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-19

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.

Keywords: Blockchain; smart contract; emergency healthcare services; IoMT; IoV; road accident (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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