Unleashing the potentials of blockchain technology for healthcare industries /

Unleashing the Potentials of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Industries discusses blockchain and its adaptation in healthcare industries to provide a secured framework to safeguard healthcare data, both patient and hospital data. The book integrates key pillars of blockchain such as foundations...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Ghonga, Mangesh M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2023.
Subjects:	Medical informatics. Blockchains (Databases) Medical Informatics Blockchain Médecine > Informatique. Chaînes de blocs. Medical informatics Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Unleashing the Potentials of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Industries discusses blockchain and its adaptation in healthcare industries to provide a secured framework to safeguard healthcare data, both patient and hospital data. The book integrates key pillars of blockchain such as foundations, architecture, smart contracts, adoption, standards, service (BaaS), security, consensus algorithms, drug discovery process, among others, for fortifying the current practices in the healthcare industries. In addition, it offers solutions to the pressing issues currently being faced by the healthcare processes due to the COVD-19 pandemic.
Physical Description:	1 online resource ([294 pages]) : illustrations, charts.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN:	9780323994828 0323994822