Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Conference Papers Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Role of Blockchain in the Healthcare Sector: Challenges, Opportunities and Its Uses in Covid-19 Pandemic Subject The topic of the resource Blockchain; Covid-19; Healthcare; Hospital; Medical; Pandemic; Security; Technology Description An account of the resource As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic and major populations are getting vaccinated, increasing realisation processes healthcare industry needs to be augmented. It includes managing supply chains, healthcare records, and patient care. With a scarcity of time and resources, adaptation of blockchain technology will help mitigate the pressures on existing infrastructure. A blockchain distributed ledger helps to exchange health information securely without complex intermediation of trust with secure access. The organisations and persons in the blockchain network can verify and authorise the data, thus protecting patient identity, privacy, medical information system, and reducing transaction costs. The paper examines managing and protecting electronic medical records and personal health records data using blockchain. It also analyses issues in healthcare, blockchain implementation, and its uses in the Covid-19 pandemic. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arumugam S.K.; Sharma A.M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol-420 LNNS, pp. 657-666. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7_61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7_61</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126373504&amp;doi=10.1007%2F978-3-030-96305-7_61&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8de6a7523b0680e9bb57e57c4dadb31c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126373504&amp;doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-96305-7_61&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8de6a7523b0680e9bb57e57c4dadb31c</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23673370; ISBN: 978-303096304-0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Arumugam S.K., Department of Professional Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Sharma A.M., Department of Professional Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India