SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI
Today, healthcare fraud poses a significant issue, encompassing everything from falsified billing claims and phantom services to the excessive prescription of opioid medications and medical identity theft. These deceptive activities cause substantial financial losses, erode patient trust, compromise...
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| author | Meriem Guerar Mauro Migliardi Enrico Russo Djamel Khadraoui Alessio Merlo |
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| description | Today, healthcare fraud poses a significant issue, encompassing everything from falsified billing claims and phantom services to the excessive prescription of opioid medications and medical identity theft. These deceptive activities cause substantial financial losses, erode patient trust, compromise healthcare quality, and threaten patient safety. In this paper, we introduce SSI-MedRx, a healthcare system based on blockchain technology and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). It is designed to ensure cross-border interoperability, preserve patient privacy, and prevent challenging healthcare frauds, including medical identity theft, phantom billing, kickbacks, and opioid overprescribing. By design, our system empowers patients by granting them complete control over their personal and health data. This shift toward patient-centric data management can potentially reduce the risk of data breaches, enhance care coordination, and improve overall healthcare outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2cab3ade510d4976bccc3d2ff9a3fbed2025-08-20T03:42:15ZengElsevierBlockchain: Research and Applications2666-95362025-03-016110024210.1016/j.bcra.2024.100242SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSIMeriem Guerar0Mauro Migliardi1Enrico Russo2Djamel Khadraoui3Alessio Merlo4DIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genova 16146, Italy; Corresponding author.UNIPD, University of Padova, Padova 35131, ItalyDIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genova 16146, ItalyLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette L-4362, LuxembourgSchool of Advanced Defense Studies, CASD, Rome 00165, ItalyToday, healthcare fraud poses a significant issue, encompassing everything from falsified billing claims and phantom services to the excessive prescription of opioid medications and medical identity theft. These deceptive activities cause substantial financial losses, erode patient trust, compromise healthcare quality, and threaten patient safety. In this paper, we introduce SSI-MedRx, a healthcare system based on blockchain technology and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). It is designed to ensure cross-border interoperability, preserve patient privacy, and prevent challenging healthcare frauds, including medical identity theft, phantom billing, kickbacks, and opioid overprescribing. By design, our system empowers patients by granting them complete control over their personal and health data. This shift toward patient-centric data management can potentially reduce the risk of data breaches, enhance care coordination, and improve overall healthcare outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096720924000551Self-sovereign identitySSI-based authenticationFraudSecurity & privacyBlockchainHealthcare |
| spellingShingle | Meriem Guerar Mauro Migliardi Enrico Russo Djamel Khadraoui Alessio Merlo SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI Blockchain: Research and Applications Self-sovereign identity SSI-based authentication Fraud Security & privacy Blockchain Healthcare |
| title | SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI |
| title_full | SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI |
| title_fullStr | SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI |
| title_full_unstemmed | SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI |
| title_short | SSI-MedRx: A fraud-resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and SSI |
| title_sort | ssi medrx a fraud resilient healthcare system based on blockchain and ssi |
| topic | Self-sovereign identity SSI-based authentication Fraud Security & privacy Blockchain Healthcare |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096720924000551 |
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