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A Concrete Way to Develop Clinical Research in a Fair Way to the Users/Patients Using Blockchain Technology

A Concrete Way to Develop Clinical Research in a Fair Way to the Users/Patients Using Blockchain Technology

João Fonseca-Gomes, Denise Francisco, João Mota Sequeira
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799873631|ISBN10: 1799873633|EISBN13: 9781799873655
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7363-1.ch009
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Fonseca-Gomes, João, et al. "A Concrete Way to Develop Clinical Research in a Fair Way to the Users/Patients Using Blockchain Technology." Political and Economic Implications of Blockchain Technology in Business and Healthcare, edited by Dário de Oliveira Rodrigues, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 228-249. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7363-1.ch009

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Fonseca-Gomes, J., Francisco, D., & Sequeira, J. M. (2021). A Concrete Way to Develop Clinical Research in a Fair Way to the Users/Patients Using Blockchain Technology. In D. Rodrigues (Ed.), Political and Economic Implications of Blockchain Technology in Business and Healthcare (pp. 228-249). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7363-1.ch009

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Fonseca-Gomes, João, Denise Francisco, and João Mota Sequeira. "A Concrete Way to Develop Clinical Research in a Fair Way to the Users/Patients Using Blockchain Technology." In Political and Economic Implications of Blockchain Technology in Business and Healthcare, edited by Dário de Oliveira Rodrigues, 228-249. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7363-1.ch009

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Abstract

Blockchain is being explored as a potential solution to many problems in areas other than the one created initially: cryptocurrency. Blockchain technology allows the authenticity of data, security in transactions, and privacy without the need for a third party. For that main reason, one of the growing interests concerns its application in healthcare, namely in clinical research. Multiple pain points of clinical research might benefit from the implementation of blockchain technology. This chapter shows some examples in which this technology is already implemented, identifying the advantages of its use. One of those advantages is clinical research, with the possibility of the patients managing their own clinical data and being properly rewarded for that. Research about clinical data monetization for patients is currently limited, and this chapter also proposes a hypothetical scenario of health data monetization workflow.

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