Blockchain for value creation in the healthcare sector

Spanó, Rosanna; Massaro, Maurizio; Iacuzzi, Silvia

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102440

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“…Blockchain technologies appear promising even in socially sensitive sectors like healthcare. For example, drugs cannot be counterfeited thanks to the distributed and secure ledger, allowing patients to get the correct dosage they need without fraud (Dal Mas, Massaro, et al, 2020;Massaro, 2021;Spanò et al, 2021). Blockchain impacts healthcare services, enabling trust, traceability, and transparency, encouraging a distributed electronic health record ecosystem that allows the integration of clinical, organizational, and managerial outcomes (Cerchione et al, 2022).…”

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The link between sustainable business models and Blockchain: A multiple case study approach

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The paper investigates the relationship between Blockchain technology and new sustainable business models (SBMs). The literature notes a lack of empirical classifications and successful case studies. Using a multiple case studies methodology, our research article aims to answer the research question (RQ): How can Blockchain enable new SBMs and support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? We present 20 business stories extracted from a combined analysis of the databases coinmarketcap.com and icobench.com, demonstrating how Blockchain can be used for environmental management. Notably, our analysis finds out four broad research clusters related to (i) smart energy management, (ii) climate change, (iii) waste management, and (iv) sustainable production. Mainly, an actual application of Blockchain toward SBMs is related to supply chain cost reduction. Finally, the research includes investments and their social scalability with Blockchain. Then, the final research cluster discovers social and proof sustainability. This study adds to the empirical literature evidence of SBMs offering a connection with the SDGs.

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“…Biancone et al, 2021) has identified technology anxiety as a key determinant of technology adoption in healthcare. For instance, whilst Spanò et al (2021) highlight the ways blockchain technology can contribute to value creation in the healthcare sector, Massaro (2021), however, found that practitioners tend to be sceptical about its potential. However, our findings show that AI and digital technology as well as health-related engineering equipment can help reduce stress in the profession as machines become critical aid.…”

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Steering resilience in nursing practice: Examining the impact of digital innovations and enhanced emotional training on nurse competencies

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“…Along with a multi-actor understanding of value, innovation management literature focuses on how to create value from technological applications in healthcare and who can benefit from it [3,41]. In this regard, technologies are viewed as a solution to contribute to patient care routines, to improve organisational processes and stakeholder relationships, and to create new business opportunities [42].…”

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Data-Driven Technologies as Enablers for Value Creation in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections: a Systematic Review

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2023

J Healthc Inform Res

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Despite the advances in modern medicine, the use of data-driven technologies (DDTs) to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) remains a major challenge. Scholars recognise that data management is the next frontier in infection prevention, but many aspects related to the benefits and advantages of using DDTs to mitigate SSI risk factors remain unclear and underexplored in the literature. This study explores how DDTs enable value creation in the prevention of SSIs. This study follows a systematic literature review approach and the PRISMA statement to analyse peer-reviewed articles from seven databases. Fifty-nine articles were included in the review and were analysed through a descriptive and a thematic analysis. The findings suggest a growing interest in DDTs in SSI prevention in the last 5 years, and that machine learning and smartphone applications are widely used in SSI prevention. DDTs are mainly applied to prevent SSIs in clean and clean-contaminated surgeries and often used to manage patient-related data in the postoperative stage. DDTs enable the creation of nine categories of value that are classified in four dimensions: cost/sacrifice, functional/instrumental, experiential/hedonic, and symbolic/expressive. This study offers a unique and systematic overview of the value creation aspects enabled by DDT applications in SSI prevention and suggests that additional research is needed in four areas: value co-creation and product-service systems, DDTs in contaminated and dirty surgeries, data legitimation and explainability, and data-driven interventions.

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Blockchain for value creation in the healthcare sector

Cited by 38 publications

References 41 publications

The link between sustainable business models and Blockchain: A multiple case study approach

The link between sustainable business models and Blockchain: A multiple case study approach

Steering resilience in nursing practice: Examining the impact of digital innovations and enhanced emotional training on nurse competencies

Data-Driven Technologies as Enablers for Value Creation in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections: a Systematic Review

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