A conceptual distributed framework for improved and secured healthcare system

ABSTRACT

In the twenty-first century, healthcare information technology has created the ability to electronically store, maintain, and move data across the world in a matter of seconds. It allows each healthcare provider to possess its own database of patient’s electronic medical record (EMR). The concept of ‘big data’ is now treated from different points of view covering its implications in many fields, including the healthcare sector. To achieve the wealth of health information, integrating, sharing, and availing data are the essential tasks that ultimately demand the concept of a distributed system. However, privacy and security of data are the matter of concerns, as data need to be accessed from various locations and users in the distributed system. The purposes of the present study are to provide an overview of big data and the effectiveness of big data in healthcare and to introduce a secured distributed e-healthcare system to provide better and secured health services across the nation.

KEYWORDS:

• Big data
• healthcare management
• privacy
• security

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Dr. Bikash Kanti Sarkar is currently a Faculty at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has been awarded Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, M.Phil. from Annamalai University., MCA from BESU and M.Sc. in Mathematics from IIT Kharagpur, India. He has published several research articles and books in the international journals of repute.

Dr. Shib Sankar Sana is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Bhangar Mahavidyalaya under the University of Calcutta, India. He served at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi as an Associate Lecturer during 1999-2001. He received his Ph.D. award in 2004 in the Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, India. He has guided 5 research scholars for Ph.D. degree in the Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, India. His main area of research is the modelling of production planning and inventory control, mathematical computation and optimization, fuzzy mathematics and bio-mathematics. He has published over 130 papers in European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Mathematics with Application, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Applied Mathematics and Computation, American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, International Journal of Systems Science, Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, Advanced Modeling and Optimization, Vietnam Journal of Mathematics, Yugoslav Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Services Operations Management, International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, International Journal of Innovative Computing and Application, International Journal of Procurement Management, International Journal of Mathematics and Operations Research, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, International Journal of Information and Decision Science, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Service Sciences, International Transaction on Operational Research, Journal of Industrial Engineering , International Journal of Applied and Mathematical Computation, Annals of Operational Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Economic Modelling, Applied Soft Computing, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Expert Systems with Application, International Journal of Production Research, Cogent Business & Management, etc. He is a member of editorial board of American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, American Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Universal Journal of Applied Mathematics, Journal of Modern Management and Foresight, Applied Science Segments, International Journal of Scientific Management and Development and Operations Research and Applications: An International Journal.