Blockchain in Healthcare Today (Mar 2018)

Public Health Surveillance using Decentralized Technologies

  • Jose Luis Bellod Cisneros,
  • Frank Møller Aarestrup,
  • Ole Lund

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v1.17

Abstract

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This article describes how blockchain technologies can be used in the context of Public Health Surveillance through decentralized sharing of genomic data. A brief analysis of why blockchain technologies are needed in public health is presented together with a distinction between public and private blockchains. Finally, a proposal for a network of blockchains, using the Cosmos framework, together with decentralized storage systems like IPFS and BigchainDB, is included to address the issues of interoperability in the health sector. Keywords: Blockchain, Cosmos Framework, Decentralized Technology, PublicHealth Surveillance

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