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Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Applications : Social, Economic, and Technological Implications, EPUB eBook

Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Applications : Social, Economic, and Technological Implications EPUB

Edited by Bharat Bhushan, Nitin Rakesh, Yousef Farhaoui, Parma Nand, Bhuvan Unhelkar

Part of the Advances in Smart Healthcare Technologies series

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Description

Tremendous growth in healthcare treatment techniques and methods has led to the emergence of numerous storage and communication problems and need for security among vendors and patients. This book brings together latest applications and state-of-the-art developments in healthcare sector using Blockchain technology. It explains how blockchain can enhance security, privacy, interoperability, and data accessibility including AI with blockchains, blockchains for medical imaging to supply chain management, and centralized management/clearing houses alongside DLT.

Features:

  • Includes theoretical concepts, empirical studies and detailed overview of various aspects related to development of healthcare applications from a reliable, trusted, and secure data transmission perspective.
  • Provide insights on business applications of Blockchain, particularly in the healthcare sector.
  • Explores how Blockchain can solve the transparency issues in the clinical research.
  • Discusses AI with Blockchains, ranging from medical imaging to supply chain management.
  • Reviews benchmark testing of AI with Blockchains and its impacts upon medical uses.

This book aims at researchers and graduate students in healthcare information systems, computer and electrical engineering.