Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

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

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 89; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102370

ISSN

1878-7487

Autores

Ana Côrte-Real, Tiago Nunes, Clara Cruz Santos, Paulo Rupino da Cunha,

Tópico(s)

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Resumo

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.

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