Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Application of Blockchain in E-Healthcare Systems

Application of Blockchain in E-Healthcare Systems

Aman Ahmad Ansari, Bharavi Mishra, Poonam Gera
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799883821|ISBN10: 1799883825|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799883838|EISBN13: 9781799883845
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8382-1.ch012
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Ansari, Aman Ahmad, et al. "Application of Blockchain in E-Healthcare Systems." Blockchain Technology and Computational Excellence for Society 5.0, edited by Shahnawaz Khan, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 239-260. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8382-1.ch012

APA

Ansari, A. A., Mishra, B., & Gera, P. (2022). Application of Blockchain in E-Healthcare Systems. In S. Khan, M. Syed, R. Hammad, & A. Bushager (Eds.), Blockchain Technology and Computational Excellence for Society 5.0 (pp. 239-260). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8382-1.ch012

Chicago

Ansari, Aman Ahmad, Bharavi Mishra, and Poonam Gera. "Application of Blockchain in E-Healthcare Systems." In Blockchain Technology and Computational Excellence for Society 5.0, edited by Shahnawaz Khan, et al., 239-260. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8382-1.ch012

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

The e-healthcare system maintains sensitive and private information about patients. In any e-healthcare system, exchanging health information is often required, making privacy and security a primary concern for e-healthcare systems. Another major issue is that existing e-healthcare systems use centralized servers. These centralized servers require high infrastructure and maintenance costs for day-to-day services. Along with that, server failure may affect the working of e-healthcare systems drastically and may create life-threatening situations for patients. Blockchain technology is a very useful way to provide decentralized, secure storage for healthcare information. A blockchain is a time-stamped series of immutable records of data that is managed by a cluster of computers not owned by any single entity. These blocks create a chain of immutable, tamper-proof blocks in a ledger. This chapter will discuss the different aspects of blockchain and its application in different fields of the e-healthcare system.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.