Decentralized storage in the brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) using Interplanetary File System (IPFS) and Blockchain

• Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Caroline Castro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ma, Stephane, Filho, Marcelo Silveira Teixeira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Direito
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/revistadir/article/view/11695
• topic: Blockchain; InterPlanetary File System (IPFS); Unified Health System (SUS); Blockchain; InterPlanetary File System (IPFS); Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)

This article analyzes the Unified Health System (SUS), which electronically maintains medical data that includes patients' personal information, diagnostic reports, and medical prescriptions. However, the centralized storage model used today is inadequate to store this sensitive information. The objective is to propose a new system of decentralized storage of medical data compatible with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), using IPFS (Interplanetary File System) and Blockchain technology. The article is an exploratory and descriptive study, using a wide bibliographic framework and consultation on technology forums. As a main result, the new model preserves patient privacy and facilitates access to medical data by authorized entities, such as health service providers. It is concluded that the implementation of the proposed system would allow greater transparency, integrity, integration and security in the system currently used by SUS.