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DOI: 10.24075/medet.2025.019
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Security of electronic health records: federated blockchain and post-quantum cryptography

Kostrov SA, Potapov MP
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Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Sergey A. Kostrov
Revolutsionnaya St., 5, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.umsy@aesok

About paper

Author contribution: Potapov MP — research planning, analysis, editing; Kostrov SA — data collection, analysis and interpretation, preparing a draft manuscript.

Received: 2025-08-13 Accepted: 2025-10-18 Published online: 2025-11-03
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