Blockchain integration in healthcare: a comprehensive investigation of use cases, performance issues, and mitigation strategies.

IF 3.2 Q1 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Frontiers in digital health Pub Date : 2024-04-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fdgth.2024.1359858
Meenavolu S B Kasyapa, C Vanmathi
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Abstract

Healthcare is a critical area where blockchain technology (BT) is being heralded as a potential game-changer for facilitating secure and efficient data sharing. The purpose of this review is to examine BT applications, performance challenges, and solutions in healthcare. To begin, This review paper explores popular blockchain networks for data exchange, encompassing both public and permissioned platforms, such as Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric. This paper analyzes the potential applications of BT's decentralized, immutable, and smart contract capabilities in healthcare settings, including secure and interoperable health data exchange, patient consent management, drug supply chain oversight, and clinical trial management. The healthcare industry might greatly benefit from the increased privacy, transparency, and accessibility that these technologies provide. Despite BT's promising medical uses, the technology is not without its drawbacks. High energy consumption, throughput, and scalability are all concerns. We wrapped up by discussing the solutions that have been implemented, including consensus processes, scalability measures like sharding, and off-chain transactions that are designed to mitigate the drawbacks.

医疗保健领域的区块链整合:对使用案例、性能问题和缓解策略的全面调查。
医疗保健是一个关键领域,区块链技术(BT)被誉为促进安全高效数据共享的潜在游戏规则改变者。本综述旨在研究区块链技术在医疗保健领域的应用、性能挑战和解决方案。首先,本文探讨了用于数据交换的流行区块链网络,包括以太坊和 Hyperledger Fabric 等公共平台和许可平台。本文分析了 BT 的去中心化、不可篡改和智能合约功能在医疗保健领域的潜在应用,包括安全和可互操作的健康数据交换、患者同意书管理、药品供应链监督和临床试验管理。医疗保健行业可能会从这些技术提供的更高的隐私性、透明度和可访问性中大大受益。尽管 BT 在医疗领域的应用前景广阔,但该技术也并非没有缺点。高能耗、吞吐量和可扩展性都是令人担忧的问题。最后,我们讨论了已经实施的解决方案,包括共识流程、分片等可扩展性措施,以及旨在减轻缺点的链外交易。
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