Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Blockchain in Healthcare Today, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.1-10, 2025 (Scopus)
Blockchain is creating a major transformation in primary health care by increasing data integrity, transparency, and operational efficiency. This article systematically evaluates how blockchain enables secure patient consent management, robust data verification, and protection of sensitive health records using the most up-to-date publications. The focus of the evaluation process was on the topic of blockchain application areas in health sciences. As a result of the preliminary analyses, it was observed by field researchers that eight different topics stood out in the relevant field. The relevant topics are: patient consent, security, patient data verification and management; supply chain management processes; clinical research, research centers, monitoring of research processes, legal aspects, blockchain applications for intellectual property management; disease management, epidemiology, and COVID-19 processes; insurance and healthcare billing in the healthcare sector; organ transplantation processes; cancer and infectious diseases; pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences research. In our study, searches were conducted between 10/01/2025 and 15/03/2025 on research and review articles in the Web of Science database. In the data analysis process, tools such as VOSviewer and R Bibliometrix Biblioshiny were used, especially for the analysis of Web of Science data. Thanks to these tools, prominent research and topics in the field were more easily accessed, and blockchain and blockchain discussions in the field of healthcare services were systematically evaluated by researchers. It is believed that the findings provide a basis for healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers who aim to use blockchain in institutional and patient-centered healthcare services. Blockchain offers groundbreaking opportunities in the field of health sciences. However, realizing this potential requires a holistic approach that includes technological advances, policy reform, and ethical assurances.