10 Blockchain Technology: A Potential to Transform Healthcare

Seema Sahai and Sharad Khattar

DOI: 10.1201/9781003177432-14

CONTENTS

  1. 10.1 Introduction
  2. 10.2 Blockchain vs. Traditional Healthcare System
    1. 10.2.1 Public Blockchain
    2. 10.2.2 Private Blockchain
    3. 10.2.3 Federated Blockchain
  3. 10.3 Blockchain in Healthcare
  4. 10.4 Applications in Healthcare
    1. 10.4.1 Patient Data Management
    2. 10.4.2 Drug Traceability and Medical Supply Chain
    3. 10.4.3 Challenges of Blockchain
    4. 10.4.4 Use Cases in India
  5. 10.5 Conclusion
  6. 10.6 Limitations and Future Scope
  7. References

10.1 Introduction

Blockchain technology became popular only when the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, came into existence. The research on Blockchain is still in its infant state (Xu et al., 2019). Blockchain ...

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