Blockchain in surgery: are we ready for the digital revolution?

Francesco Maria Carrano; Pierpaolo Sileri; Susie Batt; Nicola Di Lorenzo

doi:10.1007/s13304-021-01232-y

Blockchain in surgery: are we ready for the digital revolution?

Updates Surg. 2022 Feb;74(1):3-6. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01232-y. Epub 2022 Jan 9.

Authors

Francesco Maria Carrano^{1

2}, Pierpaolo Sileri^{3

4}, Susie Batt⁵, Nicola Di Lorenzo^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ PhD Program in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133, Rome, RM, Italy. carranofm@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy. carranofm@gmail.com.
³ Department of Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Crypto Ecosystem Lead, Opera Software, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ PhD Program in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133, Rome, RM, Italy.
⁷ Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Blockchain; COVID-19; Distributed ledger; Electronic health record; Health economics; Internet of things; NFT; Non-fungible token; Smart contract; Surgery; Surgical logbook; Transplant.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Blockchain*
Humans