Advancement in blockchain technology for data sharing in biomedical research - Pubrica
                     ADVANCEMENT IN BLOCKCHAIN  
TECHNOLOGY FOR DATA 
SHARING  IN BIOMEDICAL 
RESEARCH – THE  KEY FACTORS 
IN WRITING A  LITERATURE 
REVIEW
An Academic presentation by
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, 
Pubrica  Group: www.pubrica.com
Email: [email protected]
Today's Discussion
Outline Blockchain Technology
Evidence Based Clinical Literature Review 
Services  Plagiarism and its Correction
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare and Biomedical 
Sciences  Systematic Review on Blockchain Technology
Blockchain 
 Blockchain is the system of recording information in such  a way that makes it impossible or difficult to either change,  
Technolog hack or cheat the system.
y It is a structure which stores transactional records of the 
 public in various databases.
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 peer nodes.
Contd..
Healthcare workers and scientists in the biomedical field have been using 
 blockchain technology for data sharing.
The domains in healthcare system who use this technology include drug  
development, consumer health, medical research, supply chain management, data 
 security, etc.
Even in the field of l iterature research, blockchain technology is applicable in a 
 similar manner.
Researchers can have access to a centralized database containing published 
 research data, but for a limited period of time or for specific research 
articles.
Contd..
Blockchain
Evidence  
A c linical literature review can be described as 
Based Clinical an  informative and critically written document 
 Literature on a  chosen topic.
Review 
There are three categories of e vidence based
Services Medical Literature Review Writing Services, namely 
 initial consultation, search services and post  
search services.
Initial consultation involves providing guidance, 
 checking the type of document, assist in  
developing protocols for the s ystematic review  
and advising the use of a software.
Contd..
Search services include conducting researches of P ubMed/MEDLINE, Embase 
 and Cochrane databases, exporting the results of database search to a 
citation  management tool and maintaining copies of documentations.
Post search services include making a draft of the methods section within
l iterature search, guiding on screening of citations and assisting in e diting 
and  s ubmission of publication.
Plagiarism 
 and its  Plagiarism may be defined as the practice of copying  
someone else’s ideas or work and exhibiting them as 
Correctio  one’s own.
n
It is essential that any s ystematic review is 
absolutely  free of plagiarism.
Blockchain technology has an important role to play in 
 checking plagiarism as well.
A reviewer runs a paper through a plagiarism detector
when discrepancies in few factors are found.
Contd..
 Style/Voice: Reviewers are familiar with different styles and formats of writing.
 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 literature work.
 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’s work.
Contd.
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Blockchai
n  
Principle
Applications  
of Blockchain 
 Technology Blockchain technology has the potential for  
in  maintaining a secured sharing of patient records 
Healthcare   throughout his/her lifetime.
and  There are three key elements that need to be 
Biomedical   considered while developing a blockchain 
Sciences for
b iomedical field and they are scalability, security 
of  data access and maintenance of data privacy.
Benefits of 
 
Blockchain 
 
Technolog
y
Systematic 
 Review on In a s ystematic review on blockchain technology conducted 
 several  benefits of blockchain to healthcare applications they 
Blockchain are,
Blockchain can act as a decentralized health data management 
  backbone from wherein all stakeholders can have a controlled  
Technolog access to the same health records.
y
Data once saved to the blockchain, cannot be corrupted, altered 
 or retrieved.
Blockchain helps the patients to own a data and gives the  
assurance that their health records are not misused by others.
The blockchain system is robust and resilient against loss of data, 
 corruption of data and security attacks on availability of data.
Blockchain has an open and transparent nature.
Blockchain facilitates verifiability of data in areas such as 
pharmaceutical
supply chain management and insurance claim processing.
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