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  • Health Informatics
  • Cybersecurity
  • Decentralized Systems

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  • Digitalization in healthcare is hindered by fragmented data and security concerns, including GDPR compliance.
  • Existing standardization efforts like HL7 improve interoperability but leave authentication as a critical challenge.
  • Current centralized authentication systems pose risks to sensitive medical data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust, decentralized authentication architecture for the healthcare sector.
  • To propose a novel approach for decentralized management of sensitive medical data.
  • To enhance secure and efficient user authentication across multiple healthcare institutions.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a user-centric architecture based on Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
  • Introduction of a new non-fungible token (NFT) type, soulbound tokens (SBTs), for medical authentication.
  • Creation of a federated system enabling cross-institutional user authentication.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated significant reduction in authentication times across diverse hospital settings.
  • Achieved secure and seamless user authentication through the use of SBTs.
  • Enhanced overall system interoperability and data security while mitigating risks of centralized servers.

Conclusions:

  • Successfully presented a novel decentralized authentication architecture for healthcare using SSI and SBTs.
  • The proposed system accelerates authentication, bolsters data security, and improves interoperability among hospitals.
  • Future research should focus on scalability and applicability in other high-security sectors.