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Record Nr.

UNINA9910741161203321

Titolo

Applications of blockchain in healthcare / / edited by Suyel Namasudra, Ganesh Chandra Deka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

981-15-9547-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 267 p. 63 illus., 37 illus. in color.)

Collana

Studies in Big Data, , 2197-6503 ; ; 83

Disciplina

929.605

Soggetti

Professional Computing

Data Structures and Information Theory

Computational intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Healthcare Data Management by using Blockchain Technology -- Chapter 2. Modernizing Healthcare by using Blockchain -- Chapter 3. Security, Privacy, Trust Management and Performance Optimization of Blockchain Technology -- Chapter 4. Securing Healthcare Data by using Blockchain -- Chapter 5. Secure and Decentralized management of Health Records -- Chapter 6.IoT Based Healthcare Monitoring using Blockchain -- Chapter 7. Healthify: A Blockchain-based Distributed Application for Healthcare -- Chapter 8. Blockchain in Pharmaceutical Sector -- Chapter 9. Accelerating Life Sciences Research with Blockchain -- Chapter 10. Challenges and Future Work Directions in Healthcare Data Management using Blockchain Technology. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses applications of blockchain in healthcare sector. The security of confidential and sensitive data is of utmost importance in healthcare industry. The introduction of blockchain methods in an effective manner will bring secure transactions in a peer-to-peer network. The book also covers gaps of the current available books/literature available for use cases of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in healthcare. The information and applications discussed in the book are immensely helpful for researchers, database



professionals, and practitioners. The book also discusses protocols, standards, and government regulations which are very useful for policymakers.