Blockchain for Digital Health: Prospects and Challenges
Nikolaos Evangelatos, Vural Özdemir, Angela Brand
Abstract
An open distributed ledger system, blockchain records digital transactions and offers the potential to disruptively transform the way we conduct biomedical research, provide health care, and perform economic transactions. This expert review provides the overarching background, key definitions, prospects and socio-technical challenges at the intersection of blockchain and digital health. In addition, we discuss the tenets of next-generation technology policy for blockchain, drawing from the field of responsible innovation.
Topics & Concepts
BlockchainDistributed ledgerKey (lock)Intersection (aeronautics)Computer scienceField (mathematics)Data scienceHealth careDigital healthKnowledge managementComputer securityPolitical scienceEngineeringAerospace engineeringMathematicsPure mathematicsLawLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 ChallengesBlockchain Technology Applications and Security