• Marc Albiol-Perarnau and Iris Alarcón Belmonte.
• Grup de Salut Digital CAMFiC, Barcelona, España; Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Gerència Territorial Metropolitana Sud, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: marcalbiolperarnau@gmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2024 May 1; 56 (5): 102848102848.

IntroductionTechnological advances continue to transform society, including the health sector. The decentralized and verifiable nature of blockchain technology presents great potential for addressing current challenges in healthcare data management.DiscussionThis article reports on how the generalized adoption of blockchain faces important challenges and barriers that must be addressed, such as the lack of regulation, technical complexity, safeguarding privacy, and economic and technological costs. Collaboration between medical professionals, technologists and legislators is essential to establish a solid regulatory framework and adequate training.ConclusionBlockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize data management in the healthcare sector, improving the quality of medical care, empowering users, and promoting the secure sharing of data, but an important cultural change is needed, along with more evidence, to reveal its advantages in front of the existing technological alternative.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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