Blockchain-Powered Parallel Healthcare Systems Based on the ACP Approach

• Published in: IEEE transactions on computational social systems Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 942 - 950
• Main Authors: Wang, Shuai, Wang, Jing, Wang, Xiao, Qiu, Tianyu, Yuan, Yong, Ouyang, Liwei, Guo, Yuanyuan, Wang, Fei-Yue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.12.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Artificial systems + computational experiments + parallel execution (ACP); Blockchain; Computation; Consortia; Cryptography; Data retrieval; Decision making; Diagnosis; Health care; Health services; Medical diagnosis; Medical treatment; parallel healthcare systems (PHSs); parallel intelligence; Parallel processing; Patients; Smart healthcare; smart medicine; System effectiveness
• ISSN: 2329-924X; 2373-7476
• DOI: 10.1109/TCSS.2018.2865526

To improve the accuracy of diagnosis and the effectiveness of treatment, a framework of parallel healthcare systems (PHSs) based on the artificial systems + computational experiments + parallel execution (ACP) approach is proposed in this paper. PHS uses artificial healthcare systems to model and represent patients' conditions, diagnosis, and treatment process, then applies computational experiments to analyze and evaluate various therapeutic regimens, and implements parallel execution for decision-making support and real-time optimization in both actual and artificial healthcare processes. In addition, we combine the emerging blockchain technology with PHS, via constructing a consortium blockchain linking patients, hospitals, health bureaus, and healthcare communities for comprehensive healthcare data sharing, medical records review, and care auditability. Finally, a prototype named parallel gout diagnosis and treatment system is built and deployed to verify and demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the blockchain-powered PHS framework.