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The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Medical Tourism
- Source :
- DOAJ-Articles, UnpayWall, ORCID, Microsoft Academic Graph, Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12448, p 12448 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
blockchain technology
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Geography, Planning and Development
Internet privacy
Medical tourism
TJ807-830
Disintermediation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
GE1-350
disrupted technology
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Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
medical tourism
COVID-19
Payment
Environmental sciences
Data sharing
business
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2071-1050
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3e1baddc1f44f1fd78db36e36b801ac7