Creating Smart Healthcare with Blockchain and Advanced Digital Technology

Book excerpt: Blockchain in healthcare is a recent breakthrough and is redefining the information architecture that underpins all healthcare services. Blockchain can make health information systems safer, more efficient, more accessible, and more dependable. This new book introduces the basic concepts of blockchain in relation to the healthcare sector and offers solutions for enhanced healthcare services, management, and administration. The book deals with the use of blockchain in remotely monitoring patients, in creating medical contracts, and in enhancing data transmission security in healthcare. It covers the role of blockchain in patient selection and treatment strategies, in tracking diseases and pandemics, in managing supply chains, and in the health insurance sector. Finally, the book also presents the challenges that may occur due to digital transformation and looks at how blockchain technology can transform healthcare in the future. Creating Smart Healthcare with Blockchain and Advanced Digital Technology is a comprehensive book that explores different aspects of blockchain in revolutionizing healthcare. It will be especially useful for researchers, medical personnel, academicians, industrial practitioners, and students in IT and healthcare.