Abstract
BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCARE: A REVIEW
*Apoorva Chouhan and Dr. Praveen Srinath
ABSTRACT
Blockchain provides the promise of trust and security. In the healthcare space, it is speculated to enable patient centric care, secure data storage with enhanced privacy, transparent information exchange and improve quality of services and health worldwide. Blockchain brings with it a disruption of the traditional systems that poses unique domain challenges. As the technology matures and is widely understood, it finds solutions to some of the major healthcare challenges globally. This paper reviews the principles of blockchain, challenges in healthcare and how blockchain addresses a few of them, potential use cases for the domain, obstacles in the adoption of the technology and a some implementations with focus on compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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