Table 1.
Summary of data extraction results.
Reference | Title | Platform or model | Implementation | Features | Method (blockchain interface and IoTa device) |
Zhou et al [3] | Med-PPPHIS: blockchain-based personal healthcare information system for national physique monitoring and scientific exercise guiding | Med-PPPHIS and Med-DLattice blockchain | Chronic disease management: physique monitoring | Chronic disease management target; scientific and personalized exercise prescriptions (electronic prescriptions), providing users with safe, effective, and private scientific health guidance for the management of chronic diseases | Web portal and mostly self-developed medical IoT devices such as health sign monitoring equipment, heart rate monitor, and intelligent fitness equipment |
Hylock and Zeng [4] | A blockchain framework for patient-centered health records and exchange (HealthChain): evaluation and proof-of-concept study | HealthChain | Patient-centered blockchain framework | Smart contracts, proxy re-encryption, revocable access, and patient-centered framework | Web portal |
Zheng et al [5] | Accelerating health data sharing: a solution based on the Internet of Things and distributed ledger technologies | IOTA tangle | Remote diagnosis of essential tremor disease | App allowing users to report their location, activity, and tremor level; self-evaluation of the disease and other factors related to the disease, such as medication and alcohol consumption | App; wearable devices (Pebble smartwatch) and stationary air quality sensors |
Zhuang et al [6] | Applying blockchain technology for health information exchange and persistent monitoring for clinical trials | Patient-reported outcomes for trials; EHRb sharing | Private blockchain, smart contracts, biometric verification of physicians, and patient-controlled data access | Web portal | |
Johnson et al [7] | Building a secure biomedical data sharing decentralized app (DApp): tutorial | Oasis Devnet/Ethereum | Biomedical research | Smart contracts, public code for app recreation, and geolocation sharing | iPhone (iOS) app |
Maslove et al [8] | Using blockchain technology to manage clinical trials data: a proof-of-concept study | BlockTrial/ Ethereum protocol | Clinical trials | Smart contracts and mediated data access based on patient-granted permissions | Web app |
Satamraju and Malarkodi [9] | Proof of concept of scalable integration of Internet of Things and blockchain in healthcare | DApp/Ethereum protocol | Remote patient monitoring | Smart contracts, off-chain storage, and Ethereum-based system users including patients, doctors, pharmacists, and insurance companies | App; pulse oximetry device, body temperature sensor, and room temperature sensor |
Griggs et al [10] | Healthcare blockchain system using smart contracts for secure automated remote patient monitoring | DApp /Ethereum protocol | Automated patient monitoring | Smart contracts, custom threshold values for alerts, Oracle (master device to control smart contacts), and integration with EHRs | App; medical IoT devices |
Kuo et al [11] | Expectation propagation logistic regression on permissioned blockchain (ExplorerChain): decentralized online healthcare/genomics predictive model learning | ExplorerChain | Blockchain combined with artificial intelligence for health care and genomics; predictive model training | iDASH private HIPAAc-compliant computing environment network; applied on 3 different data sets including myocardial infarction, cancer biomarkers, and length of hospitalization | Distributed servers using internet-based machine learning |
aIoT: Internet of Things.
bEHR: electronic health record.
cHIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.