Design Choices and Trade-Offs in Health Care Blockchain Implementations: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A blockchain is a list of records that uses cryptography to make stored data immutable; their use has recently been proposed for electronic medical record (EMR) systems. This paper details a systematic review of trade-offs in blockchain technologies that are relevant to EMRs. Trade-offs are defined as "a compromise between two desirable but incompatible features."

Objective

This review's primary research question was: "What are the trade-offs involved in different blockchain designs that are relevant to the creation of blockchain-based electronic medical records systems?"

Methods

Seven databases were systematically searched for relevant articles using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Papers published from Janu

SUBMITTER: O'Donoghue O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533871 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature