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Volume 7, Issue 3, 2024
Online ISSN: 2573-8240
Volume 7 , Issue 3, (2024)
Published: 16.12.2024.
Open Access
Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) is the leading international open access journal that amplifies and disseminates platform approaches in healthcare and distributed ledger technology research and innovations. Fields of interest include healthcare information systems, leveraging data science tools and techniques, interoperability, consent mechanisms, privacy preservation, security of health data, clinical trials management, supply chain management, revenue cycle automation, immersive technologies, tokenomics, governance, regulation, network technologies, clinical computing, cryptography, and failed experiments in this expanding specialty field of research.
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20.04.2024.
Conference Presentations
EHR Systems and Blockchain: Potentials, Challenges and the Road Ahead
Panelists discuss blockchain technology use for electronic health records, and specifically delve into the benefits that blockchain brings to EHRs, but also discuss what its pitfalls and limitations are; including presenting perspectives from academia, and examplesfrom practitioners. Learning Objectives Understand the potential applications of blockchain for electronic health records (EHRs). Explore the benefits and challenges of implementing blockchain for EHRs, including security, interoperability, privacy, and data integrity. Identify key use cases and real-world examples of blockchain implementation in healthcare and EHR management. Analyze the potential impact of blockchain on improving healthcare data exchange, patient consent management, and medical research. Discuss the regulatory and legal considerations associated with using blockchain in healthcare, such as compliance with data protection laws and standards. Examine the role of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) in enhancing EHR management and patient control over their health information. Assess the scalability and performance limitations of blockchain technology in handling large-scale healthcare data and high transaction volumes. Evaluate potential cost savings and efficiency gains achieved through blockchain implementation in EHRs, considering factors such as data access, auditability, and administrative overhead. Discuss the future prospects and challenges of integrating blockchain with existing healthcare systems, standards, and infrastructure to achieve widespread adoption and interoperability.
Jim Poteet, Mike Gault, Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD, Suresh Sivagnanam, Alex Norta, PhD, Moderator: Horst Treiblmaier, PhD