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Blockchain applications in health insurance: a review of applications, challenges, and prospects

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction This systematic review comprehensively examines the application of blockchain in health insurance, highlighting the current state of research, inherent challenges, and future trends. Blockchains have demonstrated excellent potential in health insurance, especially in fraud prevention, claims processing, and data security. Moreover, this study also aims to identify several critical challenges that hinder their broader adoption and effectiveness, including data heterogeneity, individual task requirements, scalability and regulatory alignment. Methods System Review Results and Discussion Through comprehensive analysis, this study discusses some actionable solutions and strategies. Conclusively, this review underscores blockchain’s transformative impact on building a secure, efficient, and patient-centric health insurance system.

Source: Frontiers in Blockchain

DOI: 10.3389/fbloc.2025.1699290

Authors: Yisong Chen, Chuqing Zhao, Yifan Gao

Institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Language: English

Topic: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,418