Advancement in blockchain technology for data sharing in biomedical research – Pubrica

1. ADVANCEMENT IN BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY FOR DATA SHARING IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH – THE KEY FACTORS IN WRITING A LITERATUREREVIEW An Academic presentationby Dr.NancyAgens,Head,TechnicalOperations,Pubrica Group: www.pubrica.com Email:sales@pubrica.com

2. Today'sDiscussion Outline BlockchainTechnology Evidence Based Clinical Literature Review Services Plagiarism and itsCorrection Applications of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences Systematic Review on BlockchainTechnology

3. Blockchain is the system of recording information in such a way that makes it impossible or difficult to either change, hack or cheat thesystem. Blockchain Technology It is a structure which stores transactional records of the public in variousdatabases. The transitional records are known as “block”, while the databases are known as“chain”. This system involves a network that is connected through peer to peernodes. Contd..

4. Healthcare workers and scientists in the biomedical field have been using blockchain technology for datasharing. The domains in healthcare system who use this technology include drug development, consumerhealth, medical research, supply chain management, data security,etc. Even in the field of l iterature research, blockchain technology is applicable in a similarmanner. Researchers can have access to a centralized database containing published research data, but for a limited period of time or for specific researcharticles. Contd..

5. Blockchain

6. A clinical literature reviewcan be described as an informative and critically written document on a chosentopic. Evidence BasedClinical Literature ReviewServices There are three categories of evidencebased Medical Literature Review WritingServices, namely initial consultation, search services and post searchservices. Initial consultation involves providing guidance, checking the type of document, assist in developing protocols for the systematic review and advising the use of asoftware. Contd..

7. Search services include conducting researches of PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane databases, exporting the results of database search to a citation management tool and maintaining copies ofdocumentations. Post search services include making a draft of the methods sectionwithin l iterature search, guiding on screening of citations and assisting in editing and submission ofpublication.

8. Plagiarism may be defined as the practice of copying someone else’s ideas or work and exhibiting them as one’sown. Plagiarism and its Correction It is essential that any systematic reviewis absolutely free ofplagiarism. Blockchain technology has an important role to play in checking plagiarism aswell. A reviewer runs a paper through a plagiarismdetector when discrepancies in few factors arefound. Contd..

9. Style/Voice: Reviewers are familiar with different styles and formats ofwriting. Inconsistency: This includes changes in the type of font, font size and formatting of text that indicate copying and pasting of information from some other literaturework. Old References: In case very old and outdated references are used by a researcher then it is suggestive to the reviewer that the researcher is trying to recycle some other researcher’swork. Contd..

10. Blockchain Principle

11. Applications of Blockchain Technologyin Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences Blockchain technology has the potential for maintaining a secured sharing of patient records throughout his/herlifetime. There are three key elements that need to be considered while developing a blockchainfor biomedicalfield and they are scalability, security of data access and maintenance of dataprivacy.

12. Benefits of Blockchain Technology

13. In a systematic reviewon blockchain technology conducted several benefits of blockchain to healthcare applications theyare, Systematic Review on Blockchain Technology Blockchain can act as a decentralized health data management backbone from wherein all stakeholders can have a controlled access to the same healthrecords. Data once saved to the blockchain, cannot be corrupted, altered orretrieved. Blockchain helps the patients to own a data and gives the assurance that their health records are not misused byothers.

14. The blockchain system is robust and resilient against loss of data, corruption of data and security attacks on availability ofdata. Blockchain has an open and transparentnature. Blockchain facilitates verifiability of data in areas such aspharmaceutical supply chain management and insurance claimprocessing.

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