Secure Decentralized Decisions in Consolidated Hospital Systems: Intelligent Agents and Blockchain

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dc.contributor.advisorMohebbi, Shima
dc.contributor.authorBadré, Adrien
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNicholson, Charles
dc.contributor.committeeMemberQi, Cheng
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T19:41:02Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T19:41:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.manuscript2018
dc.description.abstractShared decision making has become a very important solution in order to build a consolidated healthcare system. While there is some research in the healthcare literature discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the shared decision making, its efficiency has not been addressed quantitatively. In this thesis, we propose a universal decentralized decision-making architecture utilizing the Blockchain Technology and Machine Learning (predictive and prescriptive analytics) to address the compelling need for coordination among healthcare providers and patients in an efficient and integrated manner. The healthcare process considered is the assignment of a patient to the best physician and hospital in consolidated hospital systems. After designing Decentralized Patients Assignment System (DPAS), the model is simulated using Agent-based models (ABM). The ABM consist of 4 agents including patient, physician, hospital and miner (assignment algorithms) which interact inside a decentralized integrated system. The proposed mechanism introduces the importance of interoperability between healthcare agents in the decision making process created by Blockchain Technology. To illustrate the model efficiency, two scenarios have been simulated and the results are compared. The results demonstrate the proposed model efficiency in terms of the assignment rate, computational time, and cost.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/316289
dc.languageenen_US
dc.subjectHospitals Consolidationen_US
dc.subjectBlockchain Technologyen_US
dc.subjectMachine Learningen_US
dc.subjectAgent-Based Modelsen_US
dc.thesis.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.titleSecure Decentralized Decisions in Consolidated Hospital Systems: Intelligent Agents and Blockchainen_US
ou.groupGallogly College of Engineeringen_US

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