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Healthchain: A novel framework on privacy preservation of electronic health records using blockchain technology

  • Shekha Chenthara ,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: shekha.chenthara@live.vu.edu.au

    Affiliation Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0338-8728

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  • Khandakar Ahmed,

    Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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  • Hua Wang,

    Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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  • Frank Whittaker,

    Roles Project administration, Supervision

    Affiliation Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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  • Zhenxiang Chen

    Roles Project administration, Supervision

    Affiliation School of Information Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, China

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Healthchain: A novel framework on privacy preservation of electronic health records using blockchain technology

  • Shekha Chenthara, 
  • Khandakar Ahmed, 
  • Hua Wang, 
  • Frank Whittaker, 
  • Zhenxiang Chen
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  • Published: December 9, 2020
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243043
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