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Blockchain for Software Maintainability in Healthcare

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Thippa Reddy Gadekallu,

David J. BrownAuthors Info & Claims

ICDCN '23: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking

Pages 420 - 424

https://doi.org/10.1145/3571306.3571446

Published: 04 January 2023 Publication History

Abstract

In the healthcare industry, software quality plays a crucial role as it is used in almost all systems used for medical intervention. If the quality of healthcare software is not considered, it can potentially have a negative effect and may create catastrophic situations for the patient’s health and can seriously affect the organisation’s reputation. Maintainability is a key component of software quality, making up 80% of the total cost of the software development life cycle cost. Software maintainability can be assessed using metrics that are stored in a centralised location. Software maintainability metrics and related data are crucial. If attackers alter this data, it affects the overall quality of healthcare software. In order to solve this issue, we adapted blockchain-based storage, which offers the advantages of decentralisation, immutability, and transparency and is a promising solution. We used Storj, a blockchain-based decentralised file system, to secure the maintainability metrics and related data. According to the results, the maintainability metrics data stored in the blockchain-based decentralised file storage is more secure, redundant, and cost-effective than centralised storage.

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Index Terms

Blockchain for Software Maintainability in Healthcare
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks
    1. Redundancy
  2. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Embedded systems
    2. Robotics
2. Networks
  1. Network properties
    1. Network reliability

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https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2023.3297525
Yenduri GKaluri RRajput DLakshmanna KGadekallu THussain A(2024)Blockchain for Handling the Data in Higher EducationApplied Assistive Technologies and Informatics for Students with Disabilities10.1007/978-981-97-0914-4_1(1-16)Online publication date: 29-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0914-4_1
Abbas SSampedro GAbisado MAlmadhor AYousaf IHong S(2023)Harris-Hawk-Optimization-Based Deep Recurrent Neural Network for Securing the Internet of Medical ThingsElectronics10.3390/electronics1212261212:12(2612)Online publication date: 9-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12122612
Yenduri GGadekallu T(2023)A review on soft computing approaches for predicting maintainability of software: State‐of‐the‐art, technical challenges, and future directionsExpert Systems10.1111/exsy.1325040:7Online publication date: 17-Feb-2023
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