ReviewActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2019
Blockchain Technologies: Opportunities for Solving Real-World Problems in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences.
Review in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Advancing longevity research through decentralized science.Frontiers in aging · 2024Article
- Non-fungible tokens in ophthalmology: what is it good for?Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- A scoping review of distributed ledger technology in genomics: thematic analysis and directions for future research.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Designing and testing a blockchain application for patient identity management in healthcare.JAMIA open · 2021Article
- Sharing Biomedical Data: Strengthening AI Development in Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Blockchain-Based Access Control Scheme for Secure Shared Personal Health Records over Decentralised Storage.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- The case for establishing a blockchain research and development program at an academic medical center.Blockchain in healthcare today · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionBlockchain technology is associated with the financial industry, but it can be applied to other industries. The supporting architecture of blockchain has the immense potential to transform the delivery of healthcare, medical, clinical, and life sciences, due to the extended functionality and distinct features of its distributed ledger. The potential scale of impact is comparable to that seen with the introduction of TCP/IP. Blockchain technology has captured the interest of healthcare providers and biomedical scientists within various healthcare domains such as longitudinal healthcare records, automated claims, drug development, interoperability in population health, consumer health, patient portals, medical research, data security, and reducing costs with supply chain management. It is not yet clear if blockchain is going to disrupt healthcare, but healthcare organizations are monitoring its potential closely for prospective concepts like secure patient IDs. Realistically, the adoption and implementation of blockchains will be a gradual evolution over time, but now is the time to take a fresh look at its possibilities in healthcare and biomedical sciences. Blockchain technology revolutionary solutions are bringing us closer to the possibility of every patient record being able to send updates to an open-source, community-wide trusted ledger that is accessible and understood across organizations with guaranteed integrity. AIM AND
methodsThis paper discusses as a review some potential areas of opportunity for blockchain in the health and biomedical sciences fields. RESULTS AND
conclusionsThis paper describes and synthesizes 20 examples of real-world use-case scenarios for blockchains in healthcare and biomedical practice.
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