Tamper-Resistant Mobile Health Using Blockchain Technology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health technologies, including telemedicine, mobile health (mHealth), and remote monitoring, are playing a greater role in medical practice. Safe and accurate management of medical information leads to the advancement of digital health, which in turn results in a number of beneficial effects. Furthermore, mHealth can help lower costs by facilitating the delivery of care and connecting people to their health care providers. Mobile apps help empower patients and health care providers to proactively address medical conditions through near real-time monitoring and treatment, regardless of the location of the patient or the health care provider. Additionally, mHealth data are stored in servers, and consequently, data management that prevents all forms of manipulation

SUBMITTER: Ichikawa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5550736 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature