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Integrating Blockchain Technology in Healthcare via Active Learning
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Integrating Blockchain Technology in Healthcare via Active Learning

Bertony Bornelus, Hongmei Chi and Guillermo A. Francia
Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Southeast Conference, pp.122-126
ACM Conferences
ACM SE '20: 2020 ACM Southeast Conference (Tampa, Florida, USA, 04/02/2020–04/04/2020)
04/02/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3374135.3385275
Web of Science ID: WOS:000694698300017

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Abstract

As the healthcare industries move into the digitalization of health records, blockchain application could be a significant game-changer in the healthcare sector, creating a secure and flexible ecosystem for the exchange of records. Making healthcare clearer by creating a blockchain system to eliminate fraud and improve data accuracy is vital. Blockchain can securely interoperable record data such as organs, blood, critical drugs, and keeping medical licenses and certificates. With the emergence of Bitcoin, the first popular blockchain decentralized application, blockchain has become a viable solution for recording transactions in a growing list called blocks which are linked and protected using cryptography. However, with the ever-increasing demand for blockchain professionals and developers, there are few hands-on labs/modules available for training current students, the future developer professionals. The objective is to develop a framework including a series of hands-on labs that would fit individual student's needs for blockchain in public health. This framework will help students to find their current level and propose an appropriate level of the hands-on lab for developing blockchain decentralized - applications in public health. This approach will help students to learn and comprehend the fundamental blockchain concepts systematically. A set of hands-on labs would be built based on real-life scenarios, to enhance their ability to understand and solve real-life cybersecurity problems in healthcare. This integrated approach would expose the students to the cost to risk involved at each stage of the blockchain application for electronic health records.

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