AN APPLICATION FOR TRACKING ORGAN DONATION IN HOSPITALS USING BLOCKCHAIN

Organ donation and transplantation systems today have varying demands and challenges regarding registration,donor-recipient matching, organ extraction, organ transport, and transplantation with legal, clinical, ethical, andtechnical limitations. Thus, an end-to-end organ donation and transplantation system is needed to ensure a fairand efficient process to improve patient experience and trust. In this paper, we suggest a private Ethereumblockchain-based solution to facilitate organ donation and transplantation management in a way that is completelydecentralized, secure, traceable, auditable, private, and trustworthy. We design smart contracts and introduce sixalgorithms with their implementation, testing, and validation details. We assess the performance of the proposedsolution by conducting privacy, security, and confidentiality analyses as well as comparing our solution with thecurrent solutions. We make the smart contract code open-source on GitHub to share the project with others. Thispaper introduces a novel application using blockchain technology for tracing organ donation activities in hospitals.Organ transplantation is a life-saving process, but its efficiency is usually hampered by issues of lack oftransparency, inconsistency of data, and inefficient communication among stakeholders. Utilizing blockchain, adecentralized and unalterable ledger, our application provides transparent and secure recording of organ donationrelated information, such as donor data, availability of organs, transplant operations, and recipient data. Smartcontracts automate and enforce pre-established rules and agreements, making the whole donation process efficientwhile ensuring data integrity and confidentiality. In addition, blockchain's decentralized nature obviates thenecessity for intermediaries, cutting down on delays and guaranteeing real-time access to essential informationby the authorized parties. Through a proof-of-concept implementation and simulation, we prove the viability andadvantages of our suggested solution in improving the efficiency, transparency, and credibility. This paperintroduces an innovative application based on blockchain technology for organ donation tracking and organtranslation processes in hospitals with ease.