Non-Fungible Tokens as a Mechanism for Representing Patient Consent.
Non-Fungible Tokens as a Mechanism for Representing Patient Consent.
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10.3233/shti220479
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发表时间：
2022-05-25
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Ainsworth, John
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作者：
Cunningham, James;Davies, Nigel;Ainsworth, John
近年来，我们看到分布式分类账技术(DLT)在包括医疗保健在内的更广泛的技术行业采用，这最初是支撑比特币加密货币运行的机制。DLT允许设计具有不变性、安全性和分散性的信息学系统。该领域最近的一项创新是对不可替换令牌(NFT)的规范和开发。NFT是基于DLT的分散记录，代表唯一数字资产的所有权。NFT当前的主要用例一直是数字艺术品的表示和销售，但NFT提供的独特性、不可变性、可转移性和可验证性直接适用于健康信息学系统的设计。在本文中，我们探讨了这些属性，并描述了使用NFT作为表示和传输患者对医疗数据使用的同意记录的手段的参考体系结构。
In recent years we have seen the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT), originally the mechanism underpinning the operation of the Bitcoin crypto currency, across a wider range of technology sectors including healthcare. DLT allows for the design of informatics systems with the properties of immutability, security, and decentralization. One recent innovation in the space has been the specification and development of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). NFTs are decentralized DLT-based records that represent ownership of a unique digital asset. The predominant current use case for NFTs has been in the representation and sale of digital artwork, however the features offered by NFTs, unique-ness, immutability, transferability, and verifiability, are directly applicable to the design of health informatics systems. In this paper we explore these properties and describe a reference architecture for using NFTs as a means of representing and transferring records of patient's consent for medical data use.