PLoS ONE (Jan 2021)

A data-sharing scheme that supports multi-keyword search for electronic medical records.

  • Shufen Niu,
  • Wenke Liu,
  • Song Han,
  • Lizhi Fang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244979
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
p. e0244979

Abstract

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As cloud storage technology develops, data sharing of cloud-based electronic medical records (EMRs) has become a hot topic in the academia and healthcare sectors. To solve the problem of secure search and sharing of EMR in cloud platforms, an EMR data-sharing scheme supporting multi-keyword search is proposed. The proposed scheme combines searchable encryption and proxy re-encryption technologies to perform keyword search and achieve secure sharing of encrypted EMR. At the same time, the scheme uses a traceable pseudo identity to protect the patient's private information. Our scheme is proven secure based on the modified Bilinear Diffie-Hellman assumption and Quotient Decisional Bilinear Diffie-Hellman assumption under the random oracle model. The performance of our scheme is evaluated through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation.