Blockchain in Health Systems
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 5025
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To increase the efficiency of health systems, organizations have focused on leveraging innovative technologies, particularly blockchain. By decentralizing data and ensuring integrity, security, and accessibility, blockchain technology has gathered attention from various fields. This Special Issue will collect contributions from various disciplines to explore the educational, clinical, and practical implications of integrating blockchain in the healthcare sector.
In addition to blockchain, this Special Issue also considers synergies between other information and communication technologies, such as IoT and AI. These technologies, when combined, have the potential to improve healthcare delivery by adapting to clinical demands and ethical and legal standards. The focus of this collection will be on research on conceptual models and studies implementing these technologies in healthcare settings. Our goal is to analyze their impact on public health, occupational health, and legal frameworks.
Overall, this Special Issue seeks to provide insights into the application of blockchain and other emerging technologies in healthcare, offering valuable perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
Dr. Ana Corte-Real
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blockchain
- occupational health
- public health
- electronic health records
- medical informatics
- information technology
- health communication
- ethics
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