Applications of Blockchain in the Medical Field: Narrative Review

Yi Xie   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Jiayao Zhang   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Honglin Wang   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Pengran Liu   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Songxiang Liu   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Tongtong Huo   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Yu-Yu Duan   ^{2, 4} , MD ;   Zhe Dong   ⁵ , MD ;   Lin Lu   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Zhewei Ye   ^{1 *} , MD, Prof Dr

¹ Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

² Laboratory of Intelligent Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

³ School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

⁴ Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China

⁵ Wuhan Academy of Intelligent Medicine, Wuhan, China

*these authors contributed equally