Blockchain in Healthcare: Innovations That Empower Patients, Connect Professionals and Improve Care
暫譯: 醫療保健中的區塊鏈：賦能病人、連結專業人士與改善護理的創新

區塊鏈技術不僅將徹底改變支付和加密貨幣，還將重塑許多垂直行業，醫療保健也不例外。事實上，醫療保健可能擁有最具意義的技術應用機會。早期的先驅者已經探索了一些醫療支付、電子健康紀錄、HIPAA/數據隱私、藥物偽造以及醫療專業人員認證的初步應用案例。我們才剛開始觸及如何自動化當今醫療系統的複雜性，並設計專注於信任、透明度和激勵對齊的新系統。

Metcalf、Bass、Dhillon 和 Hooper 精心策劃了一系列基於區塊鏈基本原則的範例，這些範例建立在早期成功的基礎上，並指向未來。在簡要介紹比特幣、區塊鏈及可用協議後，提供了一個針對健康和醫療保健的入門指南。作者討論了智能合約的複雜性和可能性，以及一些早期的聯盟正在探索的可能性。

書中隨處可見範例和應用案例，特定章節涵蓋了更為複雜和深遠的範例，這些範例具有在行業層面擴展的潛力。此外，還討論了將區塊鏈技術整合到其他先進醫療趨勢和IT系統中的可能性，例如遠程醫療、人工智慧、機器學習、物聯網、基於價值的支付、病人參與解決方案、大數據解決方案、醫療旅遊以及精準醫療/基因療法等。最後一部分提供了使用區塊鏈技術的未來展望，以及仍在全球各地實驗室中的研究項目範例。附錄可能對於如何入門提供特別有用的詳細資訊，包括專注於區塊鏈和分散式帳本解決方案的資源和組織。

David Metcalf has more than 20 years of experience in the design and research of Web-based and mobile technologies converging to enable learning and health care. Dr. Metcalf is Director of the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab (METIL) at UCF's Institute for Simulation and Training. The team has built mHealth solutions, simulations, games, eLearning, mobile and enterprise IT systems for Google, J&J, the Veterans Administration, U.S. military, and the UCF College of Medicine among others. Recent projects include Lake Nona's Intelligent Home prototype and Significant Technology, a mobile-enabled online degree and eResource kit. Dr. Metcalf encourages spin-offs from the lab as part of the innovation process and has launched Moving Knowledge and several other for-profit and nonprofit ventures as examples. In addition to research and commercial investments, he supports social entrepreneurship in education and health. Dr. Metcalf continues to bridge the gap between corporate learning and simulation techniques and nonprofit and social entrepreneurship. Simulation, mobilization, mobile patient records and medical decision support systems, visualization systems, scalability models, secure mobile data communications, gaming, innovation management, and operational excellence are his current research topics. Dr. Metcalf frequently presents at industry and research events shaping business strategy and use of technology to improve learning, health, and human performance. He is the coeditor and author of Blockchain Enabled Applications (2017) (With Dhillon and Hooper), Connected Health (2017), HIMSS mHealth Innovation (2014) and the HIMSS Books bestseller mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems (2012).

John Bass is the Founder and CEO of Hashed Health, a healthcare innovation firm focused on accelerating the design, development and meaningful utilization of blockchain technologies and networks. John has over 20 years of experience in healthcare technology with expertise in collaborative health platforms, patient engagement, systems integration, supply chain, clinical performance and value-based payments. At Hashed Health, John's team partners with public and private sector clients to develop distributed and decentralized solutions that solve health delivery challenges. John is an internationally recognized speaker on blockchain and decentralized healthcare technology. Prior to Hashed Health, John was CEO at InVivoLink, a surgical patient registry and care management start-up which sold to HCA in 2015. John's experience also includes healthcare B2B startup empactHealth.com which was acquired by Medibuy / Global Healthcare Exchange. John is a native of Nashville and has a Chemistry degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Vikram Dhillon is a research fellow in the Institute of Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida where he studies the integration of emerging technologies into existing infrastructure. The focus of his recent work has been on decentralized ledger technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Central Florida, where his focus was bioinformatics. Currently, he is a DO-MBA candidate at the College of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University. He is the author of several scientific papers in computational genomics and two books, the most recent one on blockchain enabled applications. He has also written in-depth articles for the Bitcoin Magazine and letters for the New York Times. He was previously funded by the National Science Foundation through the Innovation Corps program to study customer discovery and apply it to commercialize high-risk startup ideas. He is a member of the Linux Foundation and has been active in open source projects and initiatives for the past several years. He often speaks at local conferences and meetups about programming, design, security, and entrepreneurship. He currently lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and writes a technology-focused blog at opsbug.com.

Max Hooper is the chief executive officer of Merging Traffic. He is responsible for the company's management and growth strategy, serving as the corporate liaison to the financial services industry and various capital formation groups. Prior to starting the company, he was cofounder of Equity Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), a media company that owned and operated more than 100 television stations across the United States. He was responsible for activities in the cable, satellite, investment banking, and technology industries and during his tenure it grew to become one of the top 10 largest broadcasting companies in the country. A lifelong learner, Hooper has earned five doctorate degrees: PhD, DMin, PhD, ThD, and DMin from a variety of institutions. As an avid runner, he has completed more than 100 marathons and an additional 20 ultra-marathons, which are 50- or 100-mile runs. He has completed the Grand Slam of Ultra Running. Hooper is committed to his family and is a husband, father to five children, and grandfather to seven grandsons. He is active in many organizations and serves on various boards of directors. He works globally with several ministries and nonprofit aid groups, and was honored to speak at the United Nations in New York in 2015.

大衛·梅特卡夫（David Metcalf）在設計和研究基於網路和移動技術以促進學習和醫療保健方面擁有超過20年的經驗。梅特卡夫博士是美國中央佛羅里達大學（UCF）模擬與訓練研究所的混合新興技術整合實驗室（METIL）主任。該團隊為谷歌（Google）、強生（J&J）、退伍軍人事務部、美國軍方以及UCF醫學院等機構構建了移動健康解決方案、模擬、遊戲、電子學習、移動和企業IT系統。最近的項目包括湖諾納（Lake Nona）的智能家居原型和Significant Technology，一個移動啟用的在線學位和電子資源套件。梅特卡夫博士鼓勵實驗室的衍生企業作為創新過程的一部分，並已啟動Moving Knowledge及其他幾個營利和非營利企業作為例子。除了研究和商業投資外，他還支持教育和健康領域的社會企業家精神。梅特卡夫博士持續在企業學習與模擬技術以及非營利和社會企業家精神之間架起橋樑。模擬、移動化、移動病歷和醫療決策支持系統、可視化系統、可擴展性模型、安全的移動數據通信、遊戲、創新管理和運營卓越是他目前的研究主題。梅特卡夫博士經常在行業和研究活動中發表演講，塑造商業策略和技術使用，以改善學習、健康和人類表現。他是《區塊鏈啟用的應用》（Blockchain Enabled Applications, 2017，與Dhillon和Hooper合著）、《連接健康》（Connected Health, 2017）、《HIMSS移動健康創新》（HIMSS mHealth Innovation, 2014）以及HIMSS書籍暢銷書《移動健康：從智能手機到智能系統》（mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems, 2012）的共同編輯和作者。

約翰·巴斯（John Bass）是Hashed Health的創始人兼首席執行官，這是一家專注於加速區塊鏈技術和網絡設計、開發及有意義利用的醫療創新公司。約翰在醫療技術領域擁有超過20年的經驗，專長於協作健康平台、病人參與、系統整合、供應鏈、臨床表現和基於價值的支付。在Hashed Health，約翰的團隊與公私部門客戶合作，開發分散式和去中心化的解決方案，以解決健康服務交付的挑戰。約翰是國際公認的區塊鏈和去中心化醫療技術演講者。在創立Hashed Health之前，約翰是InVivoLink的首席執行官，這是一家外科病人登記和護理管理初創公司，於2015年出售給HCA。約翰的經驗還包括醫療B2B初創公司empactHealth.com，該公司被Medibuy / Global Healthcare Exchange收購。約翰是納什維爾本地人，擁有北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校的化學學位。

維克拉姆·迪倫（Vikram Dhillon）是美國中央佛羅里達大學模擬與訓練研究所的研究員，他研究新興技術與現有基礎設施的整合。他最近工作的重點是去中心化帳本技術。他擁有美國中央佛羅里達大學的分子生物學理學士學位，專注於生物信息學。目前，他是Nova Southeastern University醫學院的DO-MBA候選人。他是計算基因組學領域幾篇科學論文的作者，並著有兩本書，最近一本是關於區塊鏈啟用的應用。他還為《比特幣雜誌》撰寫了深入文章，並為《紐約時報》撰寫了信件。他曾獲得國家科學基金會的資助，通過創新團隊計劃研究客戶發現並將其應用於商業化高風險初創想法。他是Linux基金會的成員，並在過去幾年中積極參與開源項目和倡議。他經常在當地會議和聚會上講述編程、設計、安全和企業家精神。他目前居住在佛羅里達州的勞德代爾堡，並在opsbug.com撰寫以技術為重點的博客。

麥克斯·胡珀（Max Hooper）是Merging Traffic的首席執行官。他負責公司的管理和增長策略，擔任金融服務行業和各種資本形成團體的企業聯絡人。在創立公司之前，他是Equity Broadcasting Corporation（EBC）的共同創始人，這是一家擁有和運營超過100個電視台的媒體公司，遍布美國。在他的任期內，該公司在有線電視、衛星、投資銀行和技術行業的活動中負責，並成長為全國十大最大的廣播公司之一。作為一名終身學習者，胡珀獲得了五個博士學位：PhD、DMin、PhD、ThD和DMin，來自不同的機構。作為一名熱愛跑步的人，他已完成超過100場馬拉松和另外20場超馬拉松（50或100英里）。他已完成超跑的全滿貫。胡珀致力於家庭，是一位丈夫、五個孩子的父親和七個孫子的祖父。他活躍於許多組織並擔任各種董事會成員。他與多個部門和非營利援助團體在全球範圍內合作，並於2015年在紐約聯合國發表演講，感到榮幸。