# Blockchain-Based Internet of Medical Things
## 3 Analysis
### Blockchain Scalability
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**Objective** & **Year** & **Journal** & **Cited by** & **Reference** \\ \hline “Blockchain For Secure EHR Cloud-Based Mobile E-Health & 2019 & _IEEE Access_ & 280 & [69] \\ System Sharing” & & _International Journal of_ & & \\ “Protecting The Internet of Medical Devices & 2019 & _Advanced Computer Science_ & 51 & [20] \\  & & _and Applications_ & & \\ “Blockchain-Based IoMT for Uninterrupted, Ubiquitous, User-Friendly, Unfaltering, Flawless, Unrestricted Health Care Services (BC IoMT U6 HCS)” & 2020 & _IEEE Access_ & 29 & [70] \\ “An In-Depth Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of IoT, Drones, AI, Blockchain, and 5G in Managing its Effects” & 2020 & _IEEE Access_ & 818 & [71] \\ “Design of Blockchain-Enabled Authenticated Key & 2020 & _IEEE Access_ & 77 & [72] \\ Management Protocol for Deployment of Internet of Medical Devices” & 2020 & _Electronics (Switzerland)_ & 30 & [73] \\ “The Prospective Use of EHR, IoMT, and Blockchain in Improving Healthcare Effectiveness” & 2020 & _Electronics (Switzerland)_ & 75 & [74] \\ “E-healthcare Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts for The Internet of Medical Devices” & 2020 & _IEEE Transactions on_ & 65 & [75] \\ “Enhancing Medical Smartphone Networks Against Insider Attacks Using Blockchain-Based Trust Management” & 2020 & _Computational and_ & \\ “Integrated Blockchain and IPFS Framework in Bilevel Fog-Cloud Network for IoMT Device Security and Privacy” & 2021 & _Mathematical Biosciences_ & 18 & [78] \\ “Scalability of Blockchain-Based IoMT Systems” & 2021 & _International Journal of_ & \\ “A Systematic Analysis of Current and Future Trends in IoMT-Enabled Smart Healthcare Systems’ Security, Privacy, and Trust” & 2021 & _ACM Transactions on_ & \\ “A Cross-blockchain Approach to Fog-based Secure Service Discovery for Internet of Multimedia Things” & 2021 & _Mathematis Boisciences_ & 18 & [78] \\ “Blockchain for Public Healthcare in The Intelligent Society” & 2021 & _International Journal of_ & \\ “SaYoPillow: A Blockchain-Integrated, Privacy-Assured IoMT Framework for Stress Management Taking Sleeping Habits into Consideration” & 2021 & _International Journal of Network and Computer Applications_ & \\ “Compference of security and Blockchain with the Internet of Multimedia Things: Current trends, research problems, and future directions” & 2021 & _International Forecasting and Social Change_ & 167 & [84] \\ “Intelligent Framework Using Disruptive Technologies for Analysis of COVID-19” & 2021 & _Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks_ & 5 & [85] \\ “Physical Abuse: School Bullying” & 2021 & _Biomedical Engineering—Applications, Basis, and Communications_ & 4 & [86] \\ “Intelligent Model System Agent Architecture Based on Federated Learning and Blockchain Technologies” & 2021 & _International Forecasting and Applications_ & 47 & [87] \\ “Smart-Contract-Aware Ethereum and Client-Cloud Fog-Computing Healthcare System” & 2021 & _Sensors_ & 51 & [88] \\ “BeEdgeHealth: A Blockchain-based decentralized architecture for edge-based IoMT networks” & 2021 & _International Forecasting and Applications_ & 40 & [89] \\ “Fortified-Chain: A Blockchain-Based Framework with Effective Access Control for Securing and Protecting the IoMT” & 2021 & _International Forecasting and Applications_ & 40 & [83] \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Studies on blockchain’s potential use in IoMT systems (2017–2022).