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A review on healthcare information systems and consensus protocols in blockchain technology

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dc.creator Kombe, Cleverence
dc.creator Dida, Mussa
dc.creator Sam, Anael
dc.date 2020-07-06T13:02:28Z
dc.date 2020-07-06T13:02:28Z
dc.date 2018
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:15:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:15:57Z
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.19101/IJATEE.2018.547023
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/825
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94717
dc.description This research article published by the International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration, Vol 5(49), 2018
dc.description Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology whereby transactions are bundled into blocks that are chained together cryptographically by hash pointers. Blockchain solutions add trust and privacy to the existing internet due to its tampering resistance and advanced cryptography characteristics. In healthcare systems, the technology has been implemented to ensure transparency, auditability, interoperability, and proper governance and management of patient information. This study evaluates blockchain based healthcare systems. Three most common systems were chosen from public, private/consortium blockchains. The evaluation was done using framework for performance monitoring for blockchain systems. To describe resource usage, we used five performance evaluation metrics i.e. memory consumption, disk write and read performance, network data utilization, transaction execution per unit time, and central processing unit (CPU) usage. The study revealed that the system developed using consortium-based platform outperformed private and public blockchain for more transactions per unit time, and proper utilization of resources of connected nodes such as CPU, Memory, and Disk storage.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration
dc.subject Blockchain healthcare systems
dc.subject Consensus protocols
dc.subject Performance evaluation
dc.subject Public blockchain
dc.subject Private blockchain
dc.subject Consortium blockchain
dc.title A review on healthcare information systems and consensus protocols in blockchain technology
dc.type Article


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