Improving Healthcare Processes with Smart Contracts
Improving Healthcare Processes with Smart Contracts
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10.1007/978-3-030-20485-3_39
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2019-06
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Aleksandr Kormiltsyn;Chibuzor Udokwu;K. Karu;Kondwani Thangalimodzi;A. Norta
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作者：
Aleksandr Kormiltsyn;Chibuzor Udokwu;K. Karu;Kondwani Thangalimodzi;A. Norta
目前，我们正处于专家医疗保健专业知识发生根本性变化的时期的边缘，即现有的专业知识对患者来说变得越来越少。其中一个主要原因是经济问题：大多数人和组织负担不起一流专业人士的服务；大多数经济体都在努力维持其专业服务，包括学校、法院系统和医疗服务。医疗保健发生变化的另一个原因是循证医学知识的快速增长，平均每41秒就有一篇新的研究论文发表。因此，循证医学出现了故障，10%到20%的时间出现了延误、遗漏和错误诊断。创新的IT技术可以解决医疗保健领域的关键挑战。其中一种技术是智能合约，它可以在没有第三方干预的情况下管理和执行合约（业务规则）。智能合约提高了跨组织流程中的互操作性和隐私性。在本文中，我们定义了医疗保健中的问题流程，然后提供了一个基于智能合约的映射来改进这些流程。本文提出了利用智能合约和区块链技术克服服务可及性不平等、服务使用效率低下和服务质量不足的方法。
Currently, we are on the brink of a period of fundamental change for the healthcare expertise of specialists, i.e., existing know-how becomes less available to patients. One of the main reasons is an economic problem: most people and organisations cannot afford the services of first-rate professionals; and most economies are struggling to sustain their professional services, including schools, court systems, and health services. Another reason for the change in healthcare is the rapid growth of evidence-based medical knowledge, where a new research paper is published, on average, every forty-one seconds. Thus, evidence-based medicine is malfunctioning, and delayed, missed, and incorrect diagnoses occur in 10 to 20% of the time. Innovative IT technologies can solve the critical challenges in the healthcare domain. One of such technologies is smart contracts that manage and enforce contracts (business rules) without the interference of a third party. Smart contracts improve interoperability and privacy in cross-organisational processes. In this paper, we define problematic processes in healthcare and then provide a smart contract-based mapping for improving these processes. This paper proposes the way to overcome inequality in services accessibility, inefficient use of services and shortcomings in service quality, using smart contracts and blockchain technology.