Towards a Stakeholder-Oriented Blockchain-Based Architecture for Electronic Health Records: Design Science Research Study.

Jan Heinrich Beinke Christian Fitte Frank Teuteberg

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2019)

Our findings indicate that blockchain technology offers considerable potential to advance EHRs. Improvements to currently available EHR solutions are expected, for instance, in the areas of data security, traceability, and automation by smart contracts. Future research could examine the patient's acceptance of blockchain-based EHRs and cost-benefit analyses.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
clinical decision support
adverse drug
public health
case report
current status
machine learning
global health
risk assessment
artificial intelligence