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Med Sci (Paris). 2018 Oct;34(10):852-856. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2018204. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
Often described as a tool to build trust among stakeholders with divergent interests, blockchain technology has been of interest to many sectors since it was first used in 2008. Initially designed to record financial transactions between individuals, its applications have largely evolved with technological advances and the growing interest of international companies. In the healthcare sector, blockchain is interesting for many of its features: its immutability which makes it an excellent support for authenticating sensitive data such as clinical trials consents, the possibility of publishing smart contracts that automate and facilitate many processes or the constitution of a network that agrees on the state of the information. Much acclaimed, blockchain technology is still to be tested in real-life conditions and adapted to a particularly complex regulatory and economic context in the healthcare sector.
区块链技术常被描述为一种在利益各异的利益相关者之间建立信任的工具，自2008年首次使用以来，它已引起许多行业的关注。它最初旨在记录个人之间的金融交易，其应用在很大程度上随着技术进步和国际公司日益增长的兴趣而不断发展。在医疗保健领域，区块链因其诸多特性而备受关注：它的不可变性使其成为验证临床试验同意书等敏感数据的绝佳支持；发布智能合约的可能性，这些智能合约可自动执行并简化许多流程；或者构建一个就信息状态达成一致的网络。尽管备受赞誉，但区块链技术仍有待在实际条件下进行测试，并适应医疗保健领域特别复杂的监管和经济环境。
