Analyzing the Prospects of Blockchain in Healthcare Industry

Title

Analyzing the Prospects of Blockchain in Healthcare Industry

Creator

Srivastava S.; Pant M.; Jauhar S.K.; Nagar A.K.

Description

Deployment of secured healthcare information is a major challenge in a web-based environment. eHealth services are subjected to same security threats as other services. The purpose of blockchain is to provide a structure and security to the organization data. Healthcare data deals with confidential information. The medical records can be well organized and empower their propagation in a secured manner through the usage of blockchain technology. The study throws light on providing security of health services through blockchain technology. The authors have analyzed the various aspects of role of blockchain in healthcare through an extensive literature review. The application of blockchain in COVID-19 has also been analyzed and discussed in the study. Further application of blockchain in Indian healthcare has been highlighted in the paper. The study provides suggestions for strengthening the healthcare system by blending machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and IoT with blockchain. 2022 Shilpa Srivastava et al.

Source

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Vol-2022

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Coverage

Srivastava S., Christ (Deemed to Be University), Delhi NCR, India; Pant M., Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India; Jauhar S.K., Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India; Nagar A.K., Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom

Rights

All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 1748670X; PubMed ID: 36506597

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Review

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3727389

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