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Healthcare Data Management Through Blockchain Technology
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O sector da saúde enfrenta desafios significativos relativos à gestão de dados,
principalmente em torno da interoperabilidade, segurança e transparência da infor mação. Mesmo com progressos tecnológicos impressionantes, a utilização contínua
de sistemas médicos fechados e proprietários impede o avanço para soluções de cui dados de saúde verdadeiramente eficazes e acessíveis. Estes obstáculos prejudicam
a qualidade dos cuidados de saúde prestados aos doentes, diminuem a eficiência
operacional e desafiam as normas éticas, criando uma necessidade urgente de novas
soluções para estas barreiras tecnológicas e sistémicas.
Inspirado na forma como as tecnologias modernas podem transformar a prestação
de cuidados de saúde, este projeto examina o potencial da blockchain para resolver
estes problemas persistentes, reforçando a segurança, a ética e a eficiência na gestão
dos dados de saúde. Foram estabelecidos seis objetivos: melhorar a compatibilidade
de dados entre sistemas, reforçar a segurança dos dados e a proteção da privacidade,
mover o controlo dos dados para os pacientes, aumentar a eficiência e transparência
aos ensaios clínicos, melhorar o rastreio de medicamentos e descobrir interligações
com tecnologias emergentes como Artificial Intelligence (AI) e Internet of Things
(IoT).
Com especial preocupação em práticas de privacidade, requisitos de transpa rência e às práticas éticas, são estudadas as capacidades tecnológicas associadas às
necessidades dos cuidados de saúde, de modo a criar estruturas confiáveis e de res ponsabilidade mais fortes para o tratamento de informações sensíveis dos doentes.
Esta pesquisa seguiu uma abordagem cuidadosamente estruturada em duas fases,
começando com uma ampla análise para identificar tendências de pesquisa, seguida
por uma revisão sistemática aprofundada onde foram examinadas implementações
no mundo real e analisados os respetivos resultados.
As conclusões demonstram que a arquitetura descentralizada da blockchain e as
práticas criptográficas melhoram significativamente a interoperabilidade e a priva cidade dos dados. A utilização de smart contracts permite definições de controlo
de acesso granular que permitem aos pacientes gerir os seus próprios registos de
saúde. As propriedades da blockchain também aumentam a eficiência nos ensaios
clínicos e na gestão da cadeia de abastecimento de medicamentos. Além disso, a
integração com AI, IoT e a análise de grandes volumes de dados amplifica o impacto
da blockchain no sector da saúde, melhorando as práticas de diagnóstico preditivo e permitindo a implementação gradual da blockchain.
Em conclusão, esta investigação contribui para uma avaliação abrangente dos
benefícios e limitações da blockchain nos cuidados de saúde, destacando o seu po tencial para promover um ecossistema de dados seguro, centrado no doente e efici ente. Sublinha a necessidade de esforços de colaboração entre as diferentes partes
interessadas para resolver os obstáculos técnicos e organizacionais.
The healthcare industry struggles with significant data management challenges, primarily around interoperability, security, and transparency. Even with impressive technological progress, the continued use of closed, proprietary medical systems blocks the path toward truly effective and accessible healthcare solutions. These obstacles harm patient care quality, decrease operational efficiency, and challenge ethical standards, creating an urgent need for fresh solutions to these technological and systemic barriers. Inspired by how modern technologies could transform healthcare delivery, this project examines blockchain technology’s potential to tackle these persistent prob lems by strengthening security, ethics, and efficiency in health data management. We have established six critical goals: enhancing data compatibility between sys tems, strengthening data security and privacy protections, putting more control in patients’ hands, bringing greater efficiency and transparency to clinical trials, im proving medication tracking throughout supply chains, and discovering productive connections with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). With careful attention to privacy concerns, transparency requirements, and eth ical data practices, we connect technological capabilities with healthcare needs, building stronger trust and accountability frameworks for handling sensitive pa tient information. Our research followed a carefully structured two-phase approach, beginning with a broad scientometric analysis to identify research trends, followed by an in-depth systematic review examining real-world implementations and their results. Findings demonstrate that blockchain’s decentralized architecture and crypto graphic practices significantly enhance data interoperability and privacy. The use of smart contracts enables granular access control settings that empower patients to govern their own health records. Blockchain’s properties also increase efficiency in clinical trials and supply chain management. Moreover, the integration with AI, IoT and big data analytics amplifies blockchain’s impact in the healthcare industry, en hancing predictive diagnostic practices, enabling gradual blockchain implementation and supporting real-time monitoring. In conclusion, this research contributes a comprehensive evaluation of blockchain’s benefits and limitations in healthcare, highlighting its potential to foster a secure, patient-centric, and efficient data ecosystem. It underscores the necessity for collaborative efforts among healthcare stakeholders, technologists, and regulators to address technical and organizational hurdles, paving the way for blockchain’s practical integration into global healthcare systems.
The healthcare industry struggles with significant data management challenges, primarily around interoperability, security, and transparency. Even with impressive technological progress, the continued use of closed, proprietary medical systems blocks the path toward truly effective and accessible healthcare solutions. These obstacles harm patient care quality, decrease operational efficiency, and challenge ethical standards, creating an urgent need for fresh solutions to these technological and systemic barriers. Inspired by how modern technologies could transform healthcare delivery, this project examines blockchain technology’s potential to tackle these persistent prob lems by strengthening security, ethics, and efficiency in health data management. We have established six critical goals: enhancing data compatibility between sys tems, strengthening data security and privacy protections, putting more control in patients’ hands, bringing greater efficiency and transparency to clinical trials, im proving medication tracking throughout supply chains, and discovering productive connections with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). With careful attention to privacy concerns, transparency requirements, and eth ical data practices, we connect technological capabilities with healthcare needs, building stronger trust and accountability frameworks for handling sensitive pa tient information. Our research followed a carefully structured two-phase approach, beginning with a broad scientometric analysis to identify research trends, followed by an in-depth systematic review examining real-world implementations and their results. Findings demonstrate that blockchain’s decentralized architecture and crypto graphic practices significantly enhance data interoperability and privacy. The use of smart contracts enables granular access control settings that empower patients to govern their own health records. Blockchain’s properties also increase efficiency in clinical trials and supply chain management. Moreover, the integration with AI, IoT and big data analytics amplifies blockchain’s impact in the healthcare industry, en hancing predictive diagnostic practices, enabling gradual blockchain implementation and supporting real-time monitoring. In conclusion, this research contributes a comprehensive evaluation of blockchain’s benefits and limitations in healthcare, highlighting its potential to foster a secure, patient-centric, and efficient data ecosystem. It underscores the necessity for collaborative efforts among healthcare stakeholders, technologists, and regulators to address technical and organizational hurdles, paving the way for blockchain’s practical integration into global healthcare systems.
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Blockchain Healthcare Data Management Interoperability Data Security Data Privacy Blockchain Healthcare Data Management Interoperability Data Security Data Privacy