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ArticleAtencion primaria2024

[Blockchain in health: Transforming security and clinical data management].

Marc Albiol-Perarnau, Iris Alarcón Belmonte

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Article in Atencion primaria, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enhancing Cancer Care through Blockchain Technology.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marc Albiol-PerarnauGrup de Salut Digital CAMFiC, Barcelona, España; Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Gerència Territorial Metropolitana Sud, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: marcalbiolperarnau@gmail.com.
Iris Alarcón BelmonteGrup de Salut Digital CAMFiC, Barcelona, España; Servei d'Atenció Primària Dreta i Muntanya, Gerència Territorial Barcelona ciutat, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTechnological advances continue to transform society, including the health sector. The decentralized and verifiable nature of blockchain technology presents great potential for addressing current challenges in healthcare data management. DISCUSSION: This article reports on how the generalized adoption of blockchain faces important challenges and barriers that must be addressed, such as the lack of regulation, technical complexity, safeguarding privacy, and economic and technological costs. Collaboration between medical professionals, technologists and legislators is essential to establish a solid regulatory framework and adequate training.

conclusionBlockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize data management in the healthcare sector, improving the quality of medical care, empowering users, and promoting the secure sharing of data, but an important cultural change is needed, along with more evidence, to reveal its advantages in front of the existing technological alternative.

Indexed as

BlockchainComputer SecurityData ManagementHumansAtención sanitariaBlockchainClinical data sharingElectronic health recordsGestión de datos sanitariosHealthcareHealth data managementHistorias clínicas electrónicasHistorias clínicas personalesIntercambio de datos clínicosPersonal health records

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PMID38228052
PMCPMC10803907

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