Dimitrov Dimiter V
Diavita Ltd., Varna, Bulgaria.
Healthc Inform Res. 2019 Jan;25(1):51-56. doi: 10.4258/hir.2019.25.1.51. Epub 2019 Jan 31.
This pilot study aimed to provide an overview of the potential for blockchain technology in the healthcare system. The review covers technological topics from storing medical records in blockchains through patient personal data ownership and mobile apps for patient outreach.
We performed a preliminary survey to fill the gap that exists between purely technically focused manuscripts about blockchains, on the one hand, and the literature that is mostly concerned with marketing discussions about their expected economic impact on the other hand.
The findings show that new digital platforms based on blockchains are emerging to enabling fast, simple, and seamless interaction between data providers, including patients themselves.
We provide a conceptual understanding of the technical foundations of the potential for blockchain technology in healthcare, which is necessary to understand specific blockchain applications, evaluate business cases such as blockchain startups, or follow the discussion about its expected economic impacts.
本试点研究旨在概述区块链技术在医疗系统中的潜力。该综述涵盖了从在区块链中存储医疗记录到患者个人数据所有权以及用于患者宣传的移动应用程序等技术主题。
我们进行了一项初步调查，以填补一方面关于区块链的纯技术聚焦手稿与另一方面主要关注其预期经济影响的营销讨论的文献之间存在的空白。
研究结果表明，基于区块链的新数字平台正在涌现，以实现数据提供者（包括患者自身）之间快速、简单和无缝的交互。
我们提供了对区块链技术在医疗保健领域潜力的技术基础的概念性理解，这对于理解特定的区块链应用、评估区块链初创公司等商业案例或跟进有关其预期经济影响的讨论是必要的。
