A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision
Nowadays, there are a lot of new mobile devices that have the potential to assist healthcare professionals when working and help to increase the well-being of the people. These devices comprise the Internet of Medical Things, but it is generally difficult for healthcare institutions to meet complian...
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| description | Nowadays, there are a lot of new mobile devices that have the potential to assist healthcare professionals when working and help to increase the well-being of the people. These devices comprise the Internet of Medical Things, but it is generally difficult for healthcare institutions to meet compliance of their systems with new medical solutions efficiently. A technology that promises the sharing of data in a trust-less scenario is the Distributed Ledger Technology through its properties of decentralization, immutability, and transparency. The Blockchain and the Internet of Medical Things can be considered as at an early stage, and the implementations successfully applying the technology are not so many. Some aspects covered by these implementations are data sharing, interoperability of systems, security of devices, the opportunity of data monetization and data ownership that will be the focus of this review. This work aims at giving an overview of the current state-of-the-art of the Blockchain-based systems for the Internet of Medical Things, specifically addressing the challenges of reaching user-centricity for these combined systems, and thus highlighting the potential future directions to follow for full ownership of data by users. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac600ee32ee34dbb996a44aa5ab0412e2023-11-20T22:20:36ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032020-11-01121220810.3390/fi12120208A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and VisionGioele Bigini0Valerio Freschi1Emanuele Lattanzi2Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Piazza della Repubblica 13, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Piazza della Repubblica 13, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Piazza della Repubblica 13, 61029 Urbino, ItalyNowadays, there are a lot of new mobile devices that have the potential to assist healthcare professionals when working and help to increase the well-being of the people. These devices comprise the Internet of Medical Things, but it is generally difficult for healthcare institutions to meet compliance of their systems with new medical solutions efficiently. A technology that promises the sharing of data in a trust-less scenario is the Distributed Ledger Technology through its properties of decentralization, immutability, and transparency. The Blockchain and the Internet of Medical Things can be considered as at an early stage, and the implementations successfully applying the technology are not so many. Some aspects covered by these implementations are data sharing, interoperability of systems, security of devices, the opportunity of data monetization and data ownership that will be the focus of this review. This work aims at giving an overview of the current state-of-the-art of the Blockchain-based systems for the Internet of Medical Things, specifically addressing the challenges of reaching user-centricity for these combined systems, and thus highlighting the potential future directions to follow for full ownership of data by users.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/12/208DLTblockchainIPFSinternet of medical thingsuser-centric systemsconsensus |
| spellingShingle | Gioele Bigini Valerio Freschi Emanuele Lattanzi A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision Future Internet DLT blockchain IPFS internet of medical things user-centric systems consensus |
| title | A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision |
| title_full | A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision |
| title_fullStr | A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision |
| title_short | A Review on Blockchain for the Internet of Medical Things: Definitions, Challenges, Applications, and Vision |
| title_sort | review on blockchain for the internet of medical things definitions challenges applications and vision |
| topic | DLT blockchain IPFS internet of medical things user-centric systems consensus |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/12/208 |
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