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Unleashing the Potentials of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Industries
- 1st Edition - March 27, 2023
- Editors: Amar Das, Yulei Wu, Pradeep N, Mangesh M. Ghonge, Om Pal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 8 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 8 2 - 8
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Request a sales quoteUnleashing 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.
This will be a valuable resource for medical informaticians, researchers, healthcare professionals and members of the biomedical field who are interested in learning more about the potentials of blockchain in healthcare.
- Presents comprehensive knowledge on blockchain and its adaptation in healthcare industries
- Covers a wide spectrum of healthcare areas such as product integrity, drug traceability, patient data management, digital identity management, security and control of healthcare transactions, returned drugs authenticity, pharma supply chain compliance, clinical trials data quality, and reliability
- Provides an instant reference for beginners to advanced industrial practitioners, researchers and academicians who want to understand the role, impact and challenges of adopting blockchain in healthcare industries
Graduate students and researchers on medical informatics, practitioners, healthcare professionals Data scientists and stakeholders involved in health technology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Foundations, need, state-of-the-art blockchain technologies, its adaptions, and impact on healthcare industries
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characteristics of blockchain in healthcare
- 3. State–of–the-art technologies for blockchain in healthcare systems
- 4. Important advantages of blockchain in healthcare
- 5. The main difficulties of including blockchain in the healthcare system
- 6. Discussions and research outlines for the future
- 7. Privacies for medical health records on the blockchain
- 8. Blockchain contribution to the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medications
- 9. Blockchain contribution to biomedical and healthcare applications
- 10. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Blockchain: inherent security features of blockchain popularity and its security architecture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Blockchain technology security review
- 3. Security in blockchain-based system
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Impact of blockchain in healthcare system
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Blockchain technology
- 3. Blockchain technology in healthcare
- 4. What would be the significance of blockchain?
- 5. Benefits of blockchain technology in healthcare
- 6. Threats of blockchain in healthcare
- 7. What are the major issues in the healthcare sector that could be resolved with blockchain technology?
- 8. SWOT analysis on blockchain technology in medical industry
- 9. Blockchain predictions for the future enhancement in the medical field
- 10. Discussion and conclusion
- Chapter 4. Security and privacy facets of electronic health record
- 1. Introduction to blockchain technology and healthcare
- 2. Key features of blockchain contributing to the healthcare sector
- 3. Role of blockchain and various approaches
- 4. Blockchain challenges
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Enabling blockchain architecture for health information exchanges
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Traditional health information exchanges
- 3. Blockchain technology—theory and philosophy
- 4. Health information exchange architectures based on blockchain
- 5. Implementation challenges and considerations
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. An evolutionary predictive security control architecture for healthcare transactions in IoT-based cloud storage
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Related study
- 3. System model
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Effects of smart-contract blockchain on smart healthcare center management
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature review
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Blockchain technology for universal health coverage: a preliminary overview of law and policy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Legal aspects of universal health coverage
- 3. Applications of blockchain technology in healthcare
- 4. Regulatory and policy challenges and implications
- 5. Policy recommendations
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Blockchain-based incessant, user-friendly, secure, and unlimited patient care services and management
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Patient care internet of things
- 3. Medical data management on blockchain
- 4. Proposed patient care IoT using blockchain
- 5. Results and discussion
- 6. Applications of blockchain
- 7. Blockchain challenges and future directions
- 8. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Blockchain-based reliable supply chain management (SCM) for vaccine distribution and traceability using identity management approach
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature survey
- 3. Proposed solution
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Quick response coding approach for drug traceability
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Loopholes in the current drug tracing system
- 3. Manufacturers and receivers
- 4. Populating database
- 5. Technique to keep track
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Drug traceability using blockchain
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Examples of counterfeit pharmaceuticals11,14,22
- 3. Overview of drug traceability in healthcare
- 4. Basics about blockchain technology
- 5. Effective usage of blockchain in supply chain
- 6. Case study—system architecture and design of Drug-chain
- 7. Current supply chain
- 8. Issues in current supply chain
- 9. High-level architecture of Drug-chain
- 10. Design of Drug-chain
- 11. Comparative study of non-blockchain and blockchain-based system
- 12. Role of pharmacists in counteracting drug counterfeiting37–54
- 13. Limitation and challenges
- 14. Lack of standardized regulations
- 15. Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Combating deep fakes by the power of artificial intelligence and block chain in healthcare applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adoption of AI and ML for healthcare solutions
- 3. Threat to medical diagnostics
- 4. Creation and detection of deepfakes
- 5. Leveraging blockchain into healthcare
- 6. Related work
- 7. Proposed methodology
- 8. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 294
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 27, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323994811
- eBook ISBN: 9780323994828
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Amar Das
Dr. Das received MD and PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University. He completed a research track residency in Psychiatry and postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute. He served as faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine and at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where also served as Director of Biomedical Informatics within the Department of Biomedical Data Science, which he cofounded, and Director of the Biomedical Informatics Core within the SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He joined IBM Research in 2016 as Director of Healthcare Effectiveness Research, a role focused on advancing machine learning and blockchain frameworks for clinical studies of AI solutions within healthcare. In 2020, he joined Merck Research Laboratories as Director of Real-world Data Analytics and Innovation. He is focused on developing new approaches for generating real-world evidence using AI, knowledge graphs and advanced analytic capabilities.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Real-world Data Analytics and Innovation, Merck Research Laboratories, MJ, USAYW
Yulei Wu
Dr. Yulei Wu received PhD degree in Computing and Mathematics from the University of Bradford, UK. His expertise is on intelligent networking, and his main research interests include computer networks, networked systems, software defined networks and systems, network management, and network security and privacy including blockchain technologies. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, and IEEE Access, as well as an Area Editor for Computer Networks (Elsevier). He has authored/edited five books published by Springer, The IET, and CRC. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the ACM, and a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy).
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UKPN
Pradeep N
Dr. Pradeep N PhD is Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere, Karnataka, India affiliated Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India. He has 18 years of academic experience, including teaching and research experience. His research areas of interest include machine learning, pattern recognition, medical image analysis, knowledge discovery techniques, and data analytics. He has published more than 20 research articles published in refereed journals, authored six book chapters, and edited several books. He is a reviewer of various international conferences and several journals, including Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer. His one Indian patent application is published and one Australian patent is granted. He is a professional member in ACM, ISTE and IEI. He was awarded as "Outstanding Teacher in Computer Science and Engineering", during the 3rd Global Outreach Research and Education Summit and Awards 2019, organized by Global Outreach Research and Education Association. Dr. Pradeep N is a technical committee member for Davangere Smart City, Davangere.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate professor and Postgraduate Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karnataka, IndiaMG
Mangesh M. Ghonge
Dr. Mangesh M. Ghonge PhD authored over 60+ published articles in prestigious journals, book chapters, and conference papers. In addition, he authored or edited 8 international books published by Springer, IGI Global, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley-Scrivener. He has organized and chaired many national/international conferences and conducted various workshops. He received a grant from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for organizing a faculty development program. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Research in Advent Technology. His two patents are published by the Indian Patent office. He has also contributed to the Board of Studies, Computer Science & Engineering of Sandip University as a Board Member. Dr. Mangesh Ghonge has 12 years of teaching experience and guided more than 30+ UG projects and 10 PG scholars. His research interest includes security in wireless networks, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology. He is a Professional member in IEEE, IETE, IACSIT, CSTA.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Sandip Institute of Technology and Research Center, IndiaOP
Om Pal
Dr. Om Pal received B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, MBA (Operation & Management) from IGNOU, MS (Research) in field of Cryptography from IIT Bombay and Ph.D. in field of Cyber Security from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has more than 20 years of Academic & Research experience in various areas of Computer Science. Presently he is working as an Associate Professor in Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi. Previously he worked as a Scientist at Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. He evolved and worked on research projects of national interest in various areas including Cryptography, Cyber Security, Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022, National Strategy on Blockchain, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computing, Cyber Law etc. and drafting of R&D policies. He also worked at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) as a Sr. Technical Officer and as an IT Resource Person in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). Dr. Pal has two Indian patents on Conditional Access Systems and Cryptographic Systems, and is a certified ethical hacker. He is also an AICTE & C-DAC certified ‘Master Trainer’ in field of High-Performance Computing. Dr. Pal is a co-editor of Unleashing the Potentials of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Industries by Elsevier/Academic Press. His research interests include cryptography, information security, network security, post-Quantum cryptography, Quantum Computing, Blockchain technology, high performance computing, algorithms analysis and design, Cyber law, Artificial Intelligence for cyber security, Machine Learning for cyber security, Theory of Automata, as well as operation research and mathematics.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Computer Science, University of DelhiRead Unleashing the Potentials of Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Industries on ScienceDirect