Application of blockchain as a solution to the real-world issues in health care system

Abstract

Blockchain technology now a day is becoming a more secure and effective way for information sharing in various areas such as the financial sector, SCM in different industries, and in the field of IoT as well. Along with these fields currently, blockchain technology is playing a vital role in the field of Health Care System. This technology brings the attention of the researcher toward the health care system as it aims to solve various issues such as interoperability and information security during the information sharing and data management. The interoperability and security enable the HCS application to share the information flawlessly among the patients and vendors. Lack of such characteristics finds out the difficulty for the patient in accessing its own health status. Hence, implementing blockchain technology will demolish such a disadvantage for making the HCS more effective and efficient. Because of this kind of potential benefit, it can be applied to various aspects such as patient data handling, SCM of medical equipment and pharmaceutical things, billing and telemedicine systems, etc. In this book chapter, we have tried to focus on the various issues present in the HCS along with the detailed study of potential benefits that have been achieved while integrating the blockchain with the health care system. Also, in this chapter represents the systematic review of various use case scenarios for blockchain in healthcare practice.