Creating a Health Data Marketplace for the Digital Health Era
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dementia, diabetes, digital health, hypertension, non-communicable chronic diseasesAbstract
The author posits that the establishment of a blockchain-based health data marketplace where EHR, IoMT, and wearable-derived data can be monetized by selling it to data consumers like medical professionals, researchers, regulators, third-party (e.g., AI service providers) and policymakers can solve this data centralization problem.
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