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Blockchain technology projects to provide telemedical services: systematic review

  • Background: One of the most promising health care development areas is introducing telemedicine services and creating solutions based on blockchain technology. The study of systems combining both these domains indicates the ongoing expansion of digital technologies in this market segment. Objective: This paper aims to review the feasibility of blockchain technology for telemedicine. Methods: The authors identified relevant studies via systematic searches of databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and Google Scholar. The suitability of each for inclusion in this review was assessed independently. Owing to the lack of publications, available blockchain-based tokens were discovered via conventional web search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Yandex). Results: Of the 40 discovered projects, only 18 met the selection criteria. The 5 most prevalent features of the available solutions (N=18) were medical data access (14/18, 78%), medical service processing (14/18, 78%), diagnostic support (10/18, 56%), payment transactions (10/18, 56%), and fundraising for telemedical instrument development (5/18, 28%). Conclusions: These different features (eg, medical data access, medical service processing, epidemiology reporting, diagnostic support, and treatment support) allow us to discuss the possibilities for integration of blockchain technology into telemedicine and health care on different levels. In this area, a wide range of tasks can be identified that could be accomplished based on digital technologies using blockchains.

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Author of HS ReutlingenMartínez Madrid, Natividad
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-31981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2196/17475
ISSN:1438-8871
Erschienen in:Journal of medical internet research
Publisher:JMIR Publications
Place of publication:Toronto
Document Type:Journal article
Language:English
Publication year:2021
Tag:blockchain; distributed ledger; health information exchange; telemedicine
Volume:23
Issue:8
Page Number:11
Article Number:e17475
DDC classes:610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Open access?:Ja
Licence (German):License Logo  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International