Adoption of Blockchain in Health Care

This study aims to review current issues regarding the application of blockchain technology in health care. We illustrated the various ways in which blockchain can solve current health care issues in three main arenas: data exchange, contracts, and supply chain management. This paper presents severa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical Internet research 2020-09, Vol.22 (9), p.e17423-e17423
Hauptverfasser: Gaynor, Mark, Tuttle-Newhall, Janet, Parker, Jessica, Patel, Arti, Tang, Clare
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study aims to review current issues regarding the application of blockchain technology in health care. We illustrated the various ways in which blockchain can solve current health care issues in three main arenas: data exchange, contracts, and supply chain management. This paper presents several current and projected uses of blockchain technology in the health care industry. We predicted which of these applications are likely to be adopted quickly and provided a supply chain example of tracking the transportation of organs for transplantation.
ISSN:1438-8871
1439-4456
1438-8871
DOI:10.2196/17423