{
  "id": 8349,
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-018-0144-x",
  "title": "Geospatial blockchain: promises, challenges, and scenarios in health and healthcare",
  "summary": "A PubMed query run in June 2018 using the keyword 'blockchain' retrieved 40 indexed papers, a reflection of the growing interest in blockchain among the medical and healthcare research and practice communities. Blockchain's foundations of decentralisation, cryptographic security and immutability make it a strong contender in reshaping the healthcare landscape worldwide. Blockchain solutions are currently being explored for: (1) securing patient and provider identities; (2) managing pharmaceutica",
  "authors": "Maged N. Kamel Boulos, James T. Wilson, Kevin A. Clauson",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,biotech",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2018-07-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:33:37.180Z",
  "source_slug": "openalex",
  "source_name": "OpenAlex",
  "source_homepage": "https://openalex.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/8349",
  "original_url": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-018-0144-x",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}