Ekin A.Unay D.2023-06-162023-06-162018978-1-5386-1501-0https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2018.8404275https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/3608Aselsan;et al.;Huawei;IEEE Signal Processing Society;IEEE Turkey Section;Netas26th IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, SIU 2018 -- 2 May 2018 through 5 May 2018 -- 137780In this paper, we present the applications of blockchain technology in healthcare. Furthermore, we evaluate the choice and deployment of Blockchain technology in such applications, review the advantages and disadvantages of such an approach. We review the Estonian system, which is the first blockchain-based health system at the national level, in detail and discuss its ramifications to Turkey. This paper is one of the first papers in this domain and, to the best of authors' knowledge, the first in Turkish. © 2018 IEEE.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBlockchainDrug developmentHealthcarePatient recordsProduct developmentTurkeyBlockchainHealth careProduct developmentDrug developmentHealth systemsNational levelPatient recordTurkeyTurkishsSignal processingConference Object10.1109/SIU.2018.84042752-s2.0-85050823333