RT Journal Article
T1 The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Medical Tourism
A1 Tyan, Inessa
A1 Guevara-Plaza, Antonio
A1 Yague-Valle, María Inmaculada
K1 Asistencia sanitaria
AB The paper discusses the benefits of blockchain technology for medical tourism. The major focus is placed on pre-procedure and post-procedure of medical tourism. The authors argue that blockchain technology can facilitate several stages of medical tourism by enabling disintermediation, allowing cryptocurrency payments, ensuring secure data sharing and privacy, and empowering trusted review systems. With regard to COVID-19 pandemic, the paper outlines the current challenges of the medical tourism industry and prop oses the opportunities for blockchain technology use. The paper attempts to provide important insights regarding the positive implications of blockchain technology use within the medical tourism industry as well as to further advance the current knowledge about blockchain technology’s effects for medical tourism.
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30010
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30010
LA eng
NO Tyan, I.; Guevara-Plaza, A.; Yagüe, M.I. The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Medical Tourism. Sustainability 2021, 13, 12448. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212448
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026