Editing Traceability (section)

== Health care ==
Patient safety during healthcare service plays an important role in preventing delayed recovery or even mortality, by increasing and improving the quality of life of citizens, and is considered an indicator of the quality status of health services<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1016/j.jbi.2007.08.011|pmid = 17950041|title = Health information exchange and patient safety|journal = Journal of Biomedical Informatics|volume = 40|issue = 6|pages = S40–S45|year = 2007|last1 = Kaelber|first1 = David C.|last2 = Bates|first2 = David W.|doi-access = }}</ref> Maintaining patient safety is a complex task and involves factors inherent to the environment and human actions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vries|first1=E. N. de|last2=Ramrattan|first2=M. A.|last3=Smorenburg|first3=S. M.|last4=Gouma|first4=D. J.|last5=Boermeester|first5=M. A.|date=2008-06-01|title=The incidence and nature of in-hospital adverse events: a systematic review|url= |journal=Quality and Safety in Health Care|language=en|volume=17|issue=3|pages=216–223|doi=10.1136/qshc.2007.023622|issn=2044-5415|pmc=2569153|pmid=18519629}}</ref>  New technologies facilitate the traceability tools of patients and medications. This is particularly relevant for drugs that are considered high risk and cost.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Martínez Pérez|first1=María|last2=Vázquez González|first2=Guillermo|last3=Dafonte|first3=Carlos|date=2016-07-28|title=Safety and Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology for Intravenous Mixtures in the Prescription-Validation-Elaboration-Dispensation-Administration Circuit to Day Hospital Patients|journal=Sensors|language=en|volume=16|issue=8|pages=1188|doi=10.3390/s16081188|pmc=5017354|pmid=27483269|bibcode=2016Senso..16.1188M|doi-access=free}} [[File:CC-BY_icon.svg|50x50px]] This content is available under the [[creativecommons:by/4.0/legalcode|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License]].</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/economia/2016/09/14/57d9220222601d0f078b45dd.html|title=Lug Healthcare: un guía digital para evitar errores en oncología|last=Fraga|first=Alberto|date=22 September 2016|newspaper=El Mundo|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116083828/https://www.elmundo.es/economia/2016/09/14/57d9220222601d0f078b45dd.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Recent research in the healthcare industry emphasizes the significant impact of Blockchain Technology (BCT) on improving the performance of healthcare supply chain management.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Vishwakarma |first1=Amit |last2=Dangayach |first2=G.S. |last3=Meena |first3=M.L. |last4=Gupta |first4=Sumit |last5=Luthra |first5=Sunil |date=2022-01-01 |title=Adoption of blockchain technology enabled healthcare sustainable supply chain to improve healthcare supply chain performance |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-02-2022-0025 |journal=Management of Environmental Quality|volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=1111–1128 |doi=10.1108/MEQ-02-2022-0025 |s2cid=252095654 |issn=1477-7835}}</ref> It highlights BCT's role in enhancing transparency, data immutability, and efficient management, leading to better cooperation among stakeholders and effective risk mitigation in healthcare services.

The [[World Health Organization]] has recognized the importance of traceability for medical products of human origin (MPHO) and urged member states "to encourage the implementation of globally consistent coding systems to facilitate national and international traceability".<ref>[null Resolution WHA63.22. Human organ and tissue transplantation. In:&nbsp;''Sixty-third World Health Assembly, Geneva, 17–21 May 2010. Volume 1. Resolutions and decisions''. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010 (WHA63/2010/REC/1).&nbsp;Available from:&nbsp;http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA63/A63_R22-en.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712034247/https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA63/A63_R22-en.pdf |date=2020-07-12 }}]</ref>