Advanced Information Technologies and Techniques for Healthcare Digital Transformation and Adoption in Ophthalmology

Furda, Robert; Greguš, Michal

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-19069-9_2

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“…For this study, the DSR process is comprised of the following three phases: problem identification, solution design and evaluation. Each phase comprises different steps [ 35 , 36 ]. The design process incorporates the definition of the problem statement and the design of a framework as a conceptual model, which is then refined as a logical model that is evaluated in an iterative process of instantiations to determine the quality of the logical models.…”

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BlockPres: A Novel Blockchain-Based Incentive Mechanism to Mitigate Inequalities for Prescription Management System

Litchfield

Khan

2021

Sensors

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The study presents a blockchain-based incentive mechanism intended to encourage those in underserved communities to engage with healthcare services. The smart healthcare system, which is the result of the amalgamation of advanced technologies, has emerged recently and is increasingly seen as essential to meet the needs of modern society. An important part of the healthcare system is the prescription management system, but studies show that prescription affordability and accessibility play a part in creating unequal access for underserved communities. This is a form of unequal access that results in those living in underserved communities to become disengaged from accessing healthcare services. In New Zealand, the prescription management system plays a crucial role and this study seeks to address the issue by presenting the BlockPres framework, which uses a novel incentive mechanism to encourage patients to participate and engage with services in order to be rewarded. The blockchain attribute of immutability in BlockPres enhances equality and participation by providing sophisticated authorisation and authentication capabilities for healthcare providers and patients. BlockPres empowers the patient by assigning ownership or control of some patient information to the patient. A simulation is carried out using the Ethereum blockchain and the evaluation of successful transaction completion and superficial performance assessment demonstrates that the blockchain would be sufficient to cope with the needs of a prescription management system. Furthermore, for the simulation, a BlockPres Smart Contract is developed using solidity and implemented in Remix. The Ropsten network is used as the simulation environment and the initial results show that the proposed incentive mechanism mitigates unequal access.

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confidence: 99%