OpTrak: Tracking Opioid Prescriptions via Distributed Ledger Technology
OpTrak: Tracking Opioid Prescriptions via Distributed Ledger Technology
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OpTrak：通过分布式账本技术跟踪阿片类药物处方
DOI：
10.4018/ijissc.2019040104
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2019
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K. Aldrich
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Peng Zhang;Breck Stodghill;C. Pitt;Cavin Briody;D. Schmidt;Jules White;Alan Pitt;K. Aldrich
本文描述了OpTrak的结构和功能，OpTrak是一个使用以太坊区块链实现的去中心化应用程序，针对目前困扰美国的阿片类药物流行病。阿片类药物的过度处方和分配每年花费国家医疗保健系统超过780亿美元。从医生开药到药剂师开药，这个过程的每一个阶段都存在问题。这些问题产生于多种因素的结合，包括目前处方药监测计划缺乏问责制、透明度和可靠性。这项工作为研究减轻阿片类药物流行的技术方法提供了三个关键贡献。首先，作者指出了当前阿片类药物处方系统中的关键问题。其次，他们提出了一种综合方法，通过利用分布式账本来解决这些问题，重点是区块链技术。第三，作者描述了OpTrak的结构和功能，它允许医疗服务提供者联盟安全地交换患者处方数据。
This article describes the structure and functionality of OpTrak, a decentralized app implemented using the Ethereum blockchain that targets the opioid epidemic currently plaguing the United States. Over-prescription and distribution of opioids cost the national healthcare system over $78 billion every year. Problems persist in every stage of the process, from doctors prescribing the medication to the pharmacists fulfilling prescriptions. These problems arise from a combination of factors, including lack of accountability, transparency, and reliability in the current prescription drug monitoring programs. This work provides three key contributions to research on a technical approach to mitigate the opioid epidemic. First, the authors pinpoint key problems in the current opioid prescription system. Second, they propose an integrated approach for addressing the problems by leveraging distributed ledgers, focusing on blockchain technology. Third, the authors describe the structure and functionality of OpTrak that allows a consortium of care providers to exchange patient prescription data securely.