AN INNOVATIVE IMPLEMENTATION, DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SMART HEALTHCARE MONITORING ARCHITECTURE USING IOT AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

P. Satish Reddy; Meenakshi Kashyap; Shubhalaxmi Mohapatra; Dinesh  Aleria; Somnath Mondal; Suman Kumar Bhattacharyya; Sandeep Mishra; Kaustubh Kumar  Shukla

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i10s.2026.8092

Authors

Dr. P. Satish Reddy Department of Computer Science Engineering, Kasireddy Narayana Reddy College of Engineering and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Meenakshi Kashyap Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, P. P. Savani University, Surat- 394125, Gujarat, India
Dr. Shubhalaxmi Mohapatra Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Ajay Binay Institute of Technology, Cuttack-753014, Odisha, India
Dinesh Aleria Research Scholar, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
Somnath Mondal Assistant Professor, Department of I.T, Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur, Bidhanagar, SSB Sarani, 713212, India
Dr. Suman Kumar Bhattacharyya Assistant Professor, Department of I.T, Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur, Bidhanagar, SSB Sarani, 713212, India
Sandeep Mishra School of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kaustubh Kumar Shukla Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i10s.2026.8092

Keywords:

Internet Of Things Iot, Blockchain Technology, Smart Healthcare Monitoring, Healthcare Data Security, Edge Computing, Electronic Health Records Ehr

Abstract [English]

The combination of Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technology is a promising paradigm to enhance healthcare monitoring systems. These technologies together enable data to be collected, transmitted and stored in real time in a secure and transparent way, addressing a number of key challenges in contemporary healthcare including data privacy, security, interoperability and efficiency. In this paper, a complete architecture for IoT and blockchain based smart healthcare monitoring system has been proposed. The architecture uses IoT to collect and monitor patient data and blockchain to guarantee the integrity, privacy and traceability of medical records. The paper presents the design considerations, system components, communication protocols and security mechanisms. We have designed and evaluated a prototype to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the approach proposed. The results show that the proposed architecture can improve the reliability, security and scalability of healthcare monitoring systems remarkably.

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