Description
Book SynopsisIt takes 17 years on average to bring new medical treatments ideas into evidence-based clinical practice. The growing replicability crisis in science further delays these new miracles. Blockchain can improve science and accelerate medical research while bringing a new layer of trust to healthcare.
This book is about science, its value to medicine, and how we can use blockchain to improve the quality and impact of both. The book looks at science and medicine from an insiderâs perspective and describes the processes, successes, shortcomings and opportunities in an accessible way for a broad audience. It weaves this a non-technical look at the emerging world of blockchain technology; what it is, where it is useful, and how it can improve science and medicine. It lays out a roadmap for this application to transform how we develop knowledge about health and medicine to improve our lives.
In the first part, Blockchain isnât Tech, the authors look at blockchain/distributed ledg
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Introduction. Part I - Blockchain isn’t Tech. Chapter 1 - Distributed Ledgers. Chapter 2 - Blockchain Basics. Chapter 3 - From Finance to Health: Way Beyond Bitcoin. Chapter 4 - Data Complexity. Chapter 5 - Blockchain is People. Part II - Science is Easy. Chapter 6 - Good Science. Chapter 7 - Evidence Based Medicine. Chapter 8 - Science Crisis. Chapter 9 - Open Science. Part III - DAO of Science. Chapter 10 - Distributing Science. Chapter 11 - Better Quality Science. Chapter 12 - Value-Based Research. Chapter 13 - Faster Medical Miracles. Chapter 14 - DAO of Science. Chapter 15 - The Roadmap. Notes. Index.