Blockchain technology and universal health coverage: Health data space in global migration

【Author】 Corte-Real, Ana; Nunes, Tiago; Santos, Clara; da Cunha, Paulo Rupino

【Source】JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE

【影响因子】1.691

【Abstract】The increase of forcibly displaced people worldwide is a challenge for health systems and their ability to provide access and equity in Health as a universal right. Health information systems should be strengthened to collect and disseminate migrant health data enabling analytics for strategic decisions.This Viewpoint focuses on blockchain technology as an emergent digital tool to improve communication and overcome gaps in medical data sharing, conceptualizing a global health space. Anchored in the security, privacy, and medico-legal regulation of medical data, Blockchain technology would empower inter-organizational services or workflows, in real-time, by the users, inside and outside the national health systems, anywhere in the world. As an innovative approach, this Viewpoint highlights the future directions in IT-supported health.

【Keywords】Blockchain; Migrants; Refugees; Health; Legal medicine

【发表时间】2022 JUL

【收录时间】2022-08-15

【文献类型】观点阐述

【主题类别】

区块链应用-实体经济-医疗领域