Applying Blockchain in Telemedicine: A Systematic Review.

IF 1.5 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

International Journal of Preventive Medicine Pub Date : 2026-01-31 eCollection Date: 2026-01-01 DOI:10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_348_23

Asghar Ehteshami, Mohammad Sattari

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Abstract

Background: Blockchain has many applications in healthcare and can improve mobile health applications, monitoring devices, electronic media record sharing and storage, clinical trial data, and insurance information storage. In this study, the aim was to investigate the application areas of blockchain and its impact in telemedicine.

Methods: This study considers articles use blockchain for telemedicine. PubMed, Science direct, and Web of Science databases are considered as searchable databases. Information on authors' names, year of publication, country, application, privacy mechanism, blockchain platform, and encryption techniques are used. 249 studies were retrieved after the initial search. Finally, 16 cases had the necessary criteria to enter this study. The JBI checklist was applied to all 16 studies.

Results: China with 5 studies and Italy with 3 studies are the most important countries about blockchain in telemedicine that electronic health records are more used than others. Blockchain platforms are Ethereum, Internet of thing, cloud-service provider, and GPS. Encryption techniques are Attribute-based encryption: Decentralized identity: Order-preserving encryption- hashcode- Double blockchain.

Conclusions: Blockchain plays an important role in creating security for telemedicine technology. In the future, the use of technology will have a significant and important leap, which will attract the attention of many researchers.

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区块链在远程医疗中的应用综述。

背景：区块链在医疗保健领域有许多应用，可以改进移动医疗应用、监测设备、电子媒体记录共享和存储、临床试验数据和保险信息存储。本研究旨在探讨区块链在远程医疗中的应用领域及其影响。方法：本研究考虑文章使用区块链进行远程医疗。PubMed、Science direct和Web of Science数据库被认为是可搜索的数据库。使用了作者姓名、出版年份、国家、应用程序、隐私机制、区块链平台和加密技术等信息。初步检索后检索到249项研究。最后，有16例患者符合必要的标准进入本研究。JBI检查表应用于所有16项研究。结果：中国有5项研究，意大利有3项研究，是远程医疗中使用电子病历最多的国家。区块链平台是以太坊、物联网、云服务提供商和GPS。加密技术是基于属性的加密：去中心化身份：保序加密-哈希码-双区块链。结论：区块链在创建远程医疗技术安全方面发挥了重要作用。在未来，技术的使用将有一个显著的和重要的飞跃，这将引起许多研究人员的关注。

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International Journal of Preventive Medicine MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

4.80%

发文量

107

期刊介绍： International Journal of Preventive Medicine, a publication of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Continuous print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.ijpvmjournal.net. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Preventive Medicine. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.