6A Review on the Role of Blockchain Technology in the Healthcare Domain
Aryan Dahiya, Anuradha*, Shilpa Mahajan and Swati Gupta
Computer Science Engineering (CSE), The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Abstract
Blockchain technology has gained a lot of attention due to the growing interest in a variety of applications, including data management, financial services, cyber security, IoT, food science, the healthcare sector, and brain research. The use of blockchain technology for the provision of safe and secure healthcare data management has attracted considerable interest. By aggregating all real-time clinical data relevant to a patient’s health and presenting it in a cutting-edge, secure healthcare environment, blockchain technology has the potential to support personalized, genuine, and secure healthcare in the future. In this chapter, both the recent and present trends in the healthcare sector using blockchain as a paradigm have been evaluated, and the uses of the blockchain in addition to the issues experienced and the future outlook have been discussed.
Keywords: Blockchain, healthcare, application, challenges, medical management
6.1 Introduction
Healthcare is a clinical field that generates, accesses, and disseminates vast amounts of data on a daily basis. Owing to the sensitive nature of the data and other restrictions, such as security and privacy, storing and sharing this much data is essential but also very difficult. Safe, secure, and scalable (SSS) ...
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