UPC Students Publish Research on Improving Healthcare Interoperability with FHIR-Based Blockchain
Estudiantes UPC logran publicación científica en revista internacional Frontiers in Public Health
Summary
Two students from UPC University in Peru published a paper in the international Q1 journal, Frontiers in Public Health. The research proposes WiraChain, a platform integrating HL7 FHIR and blockchain technology, aiming to improve healthcare data interoperability.
Details
Leonardo Grau and Joao Urrunaga, students in Information Systems Engineering at UPC University (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas), published their scientific article on January 28th in the international journal Frontiers in Public Health, which is classified as Q1. The article, titled “WiraChain: A Blockchain and FHIR-Based Platform for Improving Clinical Data Interoperability in Healthcare,” presents an innovative proposal aimed at solving interoperability problems that currently fragment healthcare. WiraChain is a decentralized application that integrates blockchain technology with the HL7 FHIR standard, allowing patients to maintain secure control over access to their clinical data. The validation results demonstrate that the platform manages permissions reliably, contributing to improved efficiency, traceability, and trust in health sector information systems. This achievement reflects the students' commitment to high-impact research, technological innovation, and academic excellence, strengthening the university's position in the international scientific field.
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