Blockchain in Health Systems
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 3724
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To increase the efficiency of health systems, organizations have focused on the challenge of establishing multidisciplinary synergies. The need to break with the current concept of a centralized system in sharing medical data stood out during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is currently an ineffective sharing of information between systems, a failure to update data promptly, delays in decision making, and difficulties in healthcare access and inequity. To overcome these issues, attention has turned to innovative technologies, such as blockchains, which naturally distribute and enable data integrity, security, and accessibility. This Special Issue aims to aggregate multidisciplinary, educational, and clinical competencies to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems and answer new challenges in this field. Additionally, we hope to achieve an effective and integrated response to enhance communication among healthcare institutions.
Dr. Ana Corte-Real
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- health services
- delivery of health care
- decision making
- blockchain
- health communication
- safety
- universal healthcare
- ethical issues
- health equity
- access to health care
