Blockchain distributed ledger technologies for biomedical and health care applications

Abstract Objectives To introduce blockchain technologies, including their benefits, pitfalls, and the latest applications, to the biomedical and health care domains. Target Audience Biomedical and health care informatics researchers who would like to learn about blockchain technologies and their app...

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Published in:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1211 - 1220
Main Authors: Kuo, Tsung-Ting, Kim, Hyeon-Eui, Ohno-Machado, Lucila
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2017
Subjects:
Algorithms
Commerce
Computer Security
Confidentiality
Data Mining - economics
Medical Informatics
health information exchange
security
distributed ledger technology
interoperability
blockchain
ISSN:1067-5027, 1527-974X, 1527-974X
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Summary:Abstract Objectives To introduce blockchain technologies, including their benefits, pitfalls, and the latest applications, to the biomedical and health care domains. Target Audience Biomedical and health care informatics researchers who would like to learn about blockchain technologies and their applications in the biomedical/health care domains. Scope The covered topics include: (1) introduction to the famous Bitcoin crypto-currency and the underlying blockchain technology; (2) features of blockchain; (3) review of alternative blockchain technologies; (4) emerging nonfinancial distributed ledger technologies and applications; (5) benefits of blockchain for biomedical/health care applications when compared to traditional distributed databases; (6) overview of the latest biomedical/health care applications of blockchain technologies; and (7) discussion of the potential challenges and proposed solutions of adopting blockchain technologies in biomedical/health care domains.
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ISSN:1067-5027
1527-974X
1527-974X
DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocx068