The case for a data bank: An institution to govern healthcare and education

Saravanan Raju, Vandita Rajesh, Jitender S. Deogun

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17 Scopus citations

Abstract

There are numerous initiatives undertaken by the community of nations to promote social inclusion by making healthcare and education accessible. With increasing human population and diminishing civil resources, there is an acute need for an entity that can deliver substantial improvement in both the scope and quality of these services. For such an entity to make informed decisions, it is vital to accumulate and assess data that is continuous and complete. However, the prevalent system of data curation is atomistic resulting in policy decisions often based on point-in-time data. Additionally, most of this data resides with the industrial complex and governmental entities, and rarely with the individual citizen and civil society. Hence, it is essential to institutionalize a holistic approach to data management, which conjointly meets the requirements of all stakeholders. In this paper, we present a brief of our ongoing research to design such an institution in the form of a data bank using blockchain technology to govern healthcare and education.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2017
EditorsRahul De', Tomasz Janowski, Rehema Baguma
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages538-539
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450348256
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 7 2017
Event10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2017 - New Delhi, India
Duration: Mar 7 2017Mar 9 2017

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
VolumePart F128003

Other

Other10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2017
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityNew Delhi
Period3/7/173/9/17

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Data bank
  • Education
  • Healthcare

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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