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EDITORIAL article

Front. Blockchain
Sec. Blockchain Technologies
Volume 6 - 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2023.1275474
This article is part of the Research Topic

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology - enabled architectures for improving healthcare

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Editorial: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology -enabled architectures for improving healthcare

Tsung-Ting Kuo1, 2 Peng Zhang3, 4*
  • 1Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States
  • 2Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego Health, United States
  • 3Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, United States
  • 4Data Science Institute, Vanderbilt University, United States

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the demand for interoperable solutions remains substantial, it is important to acknowledge that 36 blockchain associated DLTs face their own limitations in data privacy, security, and scalability. 37Therefore, the primary objective of this Research Topic is to include research studies of blockchain-38 or DLT-powered designs that will improve healthcare practices, processes, systems, and eventually 39 patient outcomes while overcoming those technical limitations. 40 Within this Research Topic, the authors have studied the several timely and pivotal avenues of 41 inquiry. First, Thakur (Thakur 2022)

Keywords: blockchain design pattern, Blockchain Implementation, Blockchain technology, Distributed ledger technology, Healthcare industry, orphan drugs, Medical insurance, Patient data

Received: 10 Aug 2023; Accepted: 21 Aug 2023.

Copyright: © 2023 Kuo and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Mx. Peng Zhang, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1826, Tennessee, United States