Applications of Blockchain Within Healthcare.

Bell, Liam; Buchanan, William J; Cameron, Jonathan; Lo, Owen

Abstract

There are several areas of healthcare and well-being that could be enhanced using blockchain technologies. These include device tracking, clinical trials, pharmaceutical tracing, and health insurance. Within device tracking, hospitals can trace their asset within a blockchain infrastructure, including through the complete lifecycle of a device. The information gathered can then be used to improve patient safety and provide after-market analysis to improve efficiency savings. This paper outlines recent work within the areas of pharmaceutical traceability, data sharing, clinical trials, and device tracking.

Citation

Bell, L., Buchanan, W. J., Cameron, J., & Lo, O. (2018). Applications of Blockchain Within Healthcare. Blockchain in Healthcare Today,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 19, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 29, 2018
• Publication Date: May 29, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 29, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2018
• Journal: Blockchain in Healthcare Today
• Print ISSN: 2573-8240
• Publisher: Partners in Digital Health
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Asset Tracking, Blockchain, Drug tracking, Ethereum, Healthcare, Internet of Things, IoT
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1191195