Optimizing Disease Surveillance by Reporting on the Blockchain [article]

Flávio C Coelho
2018 bioRxiv   pre-print
Disease surveillance, especially for infectious diseases, is a complex and inefficient process. Here we propose an optimized, blockchain-based monitoring and reporting system which can achieve all the desired features of an ideal surveillance system while maintaining costs down and being transparent and robust. We describe the technical specifications of such a a system and discuss possibilities for its implementation. Together with a token based incentive system, it is possible to rewards data
more » ... quality as well as build a marketplace for data analysis which will help finance the surveillance system. Finally, the impact of the adoption of distributed ledger technology for disease surveillance is discussed.
doi:10.1101/278473 fatcat:zp726sisrzgldnqqefhspkjlru