Revolutionizing Digital Healthcare Through Blockchain Technology Applications

Revolutionizing Digital Healthcare Through Blockchain Technology Applications

Yuk Ming Tang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Ka Yin Chau (City University of Macao, Macao), G.T.S. Ho (The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), and Yan Wan (City University of Macao, Macao)
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Release Date: March, 2023|Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 259
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6509-7
ISBN13: 9781668465097|ISBN10: 1668465094|ISBN13 Softcover: 9798337347523|EISBN13: 9781668465103
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Despite blockchain being an emerging technology that is mainly applied in the financial and logistics domain areas, it has great potential to be applied in other industries to generate a wider impact. Due to the need for social distancing globally, blockchain has great opportunities to be adopted in digital health including health insurance, pharmaceutical supply chain, remote diagnosis, and more.

Revolutionizing Digital Healthcare Through Blockchain Technology Applications explores the current applications and future opportunities of blockchain technology in digital health and provides a reference for the development of blockchain in digital health for the future. Covering key topics such as privacy, blockchain economy, and cryptocurrency, this reference work is ideal for computer scientists, healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Blockchain
  • Blockchain Economy
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Decentralized Applications
  • Decentralized Finance
  • Digital Health
  • Privacy
  • Security
  • Trust
  • Web 3.0
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Yuk Ming Tang received his B.Sc. and M.Phil. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the same university. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow after graduation. He is currently teaching at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been the principal investigator and project manager of several large-scale projects with funding of over HK$30 million. His research interests include computer Simulation, computer graphics, computer-aided design, blockchain, virtual reality, digital twin in healthcare, and industry 4.0 applications. He served as the guest editor and reviewer of several renowned journals.
G.T.S. Ho received his PhD in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). During the years spent at PolyU, he has taught a number of academic subjects, including undergraduate and master programs, especially in Decision Analytics, System Simulation and Service Operations fields. He has also managed several ITF projects, collaborative projects and consultancy projects, with different commercial companies, namely MTR Corporation Limited, Pok Oi Hospital, and Sino Parking Services Limited. Besides, his research areas focus on Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart City Applications. During the years of research, he has published more than 70 international journal papers that are SCI/SSCI listed. He also scores an 25 h-index for publications. His specialty has made him serve as the Associate Editor for International Journal of Engineering Business Management.
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