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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26954| Title: | Blockchain & healthcare : will there be offspring? |
| Authors: | Ellul, Ian C. |
| Keywords: | Editorials Blockchains (Databases) Medical informatics |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
| Citation: | Ellul, I. C. (2017). Blockchain & healthcare : will there be offspring? The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 16(5), 3. |
| Abstract: | Blockchain technology was invented in 2009 as platform for cryptocurrencies (most of us are familiar with bitcoin). In essence, it is a generic tool to keep secure data in a decentralized encrypted ledger of transactions across a peer-to-peer network. With this network, participants may confirm transactions without the need for a centralized certifying body. So there is one shared secure ledger which is spread across a network of synchronized, replicated databases which are visible to anyone with access to the system. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26954 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Volume 16, Issue 5 The Synapse, Volume 16, Issue 5 |
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