Exploring Blockchain in Healthcare

This book aims to analyze the role of blockchain technology in healthcare and how medical tech teams can establish a digital and linked healthcare system for the modern-day. After reading this book readers will be able to create develop and implement blockchain-based healthcare business cases.This book explains methods by which readers can understand several sectors of the healthcare industry including pharmaceutical supply chain healthcare insurance drug administration biological instruments and smart labs genomics vaccination administration and policies and the processing of healthcare data. The book also discusses Ethereum Hyperledger Multichain and other popular blockchain frameworks in detail with examples drawn from the real world. This book contains sample scripts algorithms processes and an architectural design that may effectively illustrate the healthcare process.After reading the book readers will be able to create new blockchain-based products and processes to address various healthcare problems. Regardless of the level of technical experience of the reader this book will guide them through developing blockchain-based use cases.TABLE OF CONTENTS1. An Overview of the Healthcare Industry2. Blockchain Fundamentals3. Blockchains Application in Healthcare4. Blockchain in EHR and HIS5. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Drug Administration6. Blockchain in the Healthcare Insurance Industry7. Digital Medical Certificates and Prescriptions8. Medical Equipment and Smart Labs9. Understanding Genomics10. Vaccination and Other Healthcare Policies