ReviewInternational journal of medical informatics2021
The role of blockchain technology in telehealth and telemedicine.
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Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Designing A Blockchain-Empowered Telehealth Artifact for Decentralized Identity Management and Trustworthy Communication: Interdisciplinary Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
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- Large language models and generative AI in telehealth: a responsible use lens.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Review
- How Expectations and Trust in Telemedicine Contribute to Older Adults' Sense of Control: An Empirical Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTelehealth and telemedicine systems aim to deliver remote healthcare services to mitigate the spread of COVID-9. Also, they can help to manage scarce healthcare resources to control the massive burden of COVID-19 patients in hospitals. However, a large portion of today's telehealth and telemedicine systems are centralized and fall short of providing necessary information security and privacy, operational transparency, health records immutability, and traceability to detect frauds related to patients' insurance claims and physician credentials.
methodsThe current study has explored the potential opportunities and adaptability challenges for blockchain technology in telehealth and telemedicine sector. It has explored the key role that blockchain technology can play to provide necessary information security and privacy, operational transparency, health records immutability, and traceability to detect frauds related to patients' insurance claims and physician credentials.
resultsBlockchain technology can improve telehealth and telemedicine services by offering remote healthcare services in a manner that is decentralized, tamper-proof, transparent, traceable, reliable, trustful, and secure. It enables health professionals to accurately identify frauds related to physician educational credentials and medical testing kits commonly used for home-based diagnosis.
conclusionsWide deployment of blockchain in telehealth and telemedicine technology is still in its infancy. Several challenges and research problems need to be resolved to enable the widespread adoption of blockchain technology in telehealth and telemedicine systems.
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