This book discusses applications of blockchain in healthcare sector. The security of confidential and sensitive data is of utmost importance in healthcare industry. The introduction of blockchain methods in an effective manner will bring secure transactions in a peer-to-peer network. The book also covers gaps of the current available books/literature available for use cases of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in healthcare. The information and applications discussed in the book are immensely helpful for researchers, database professionals, and practitioners. The book also discusses protocols, standards, and government regulations which are very useful for policymakers.
Table of Content
Chapter 1. Healthcare Data Management by using Blockchain Technology.- Chapter 2. Modernizing Healthcare by using Blockchain.- Chapter 3. Security, Privacy, Trust Management and Performance Optimization of Blockchain Technology.- Chapter 4. Securing Healthcare Data by using Blockchain.- Chapter 5. Secure and Decentralized management of Health Records.- Chapter 6.Io T Based Healthcare Monitoring using Blockchain.- Chapter 7. Healthify: A Blockchain-based Distributed Application for Healthcare.- Chapter 8. Blockchain in Pharmaceutical Sector.- Chapter 9. Accelerating Life Sciences Research with Blockchain.- Chapter 10. Challenges and Future Work Directions in Healthcare Data Management using Blockchain Technology.
About the author
Dr. Suyel Namasudra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India. Prior to joining the National Institute of Technology Patna, Dr. Namasudra was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science Engineering at the Bennett University, India. He has received Ph D in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. His research interests include Cloud Computing, Information Security, DNA Computing and Blockchain. Dr. Namasudra has edited 1 book and 25 publications in refereed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. He has participated in many international conferences as an Organizer and Session Chair. Dr. Namasudra is a member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer of many journals.
Ganesh Chandra Deka, ISDS is Deputy Director at Regional Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Assamunder the Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.His research interests include No SQL Database, Blockchain Technology and Bigdata Analytics. He has authored 2 books on Cloud Computing published by LAP Lambert, Germany. He is the Co-author of 4 text books on Fundamentals of Computer Science (3 books published by Moni Manik Prakashan, Guwahati, Assam, India and 1 IGI Global, USA).Till now, he has edited 22 books (7 IGI Global, USA, 7 CRC Press, USA, 4 Elsevier and 4 Springer including 1 International Conference proceeding) on Big data, No SQL, Blockchain Technology and Cloud Computing in general and authored 10 Book Chapters.He has published 8 research papers in various reputed journals including Elsevier (1) and IEEE (2) and already published around 47 research papers in various IEEE conferences.He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computing, Communications and Networking. He has published 4 Special Issues as Guest Editor in different International Journals, which are indexed in SCI and SCOPUS. Deka has organized 08 IEEE International Conferences as Technical Chair held in India.
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