Public Health Surveillance using Decentralized Technologies

Jose Luis Bellod Cisneros; Frank Møller Aarestrup; Ole Lund

doi:10.30953/bhty.v1.17

Public Health Surveillance using Decentralized Technologies

Jose Luis Bellod Cisneros^*, Frank Møller Aarestrup, Ole Lund

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This article describes how blockchain technologies can be used in the context of Public Health Surveillance through decentralized sharing of genomic data. A brief analysis of why blockchain technologies are needed in public health is presented together with a distinction between public and private blockchains. Finally, a proposal for a network of blockchains, using the Cosmos framework, together with decentralized storage systems like IPFS and BigchainDB, is included to address the issues of interoperability in the health sector.

Original language	English
Journal	Blockchain in Healthcare Today
Volume	1
Number of pages	14
ISSN	2573-8240
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v1.17
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Blockchain
Cosmos Framework
Decentralized Technology
Public health
Surveillance

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