Blockchain in Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

The significance of an agile and widespread healthcare system was evident from the recent pandemic, Covid-19. Healthcare encompasses different stakeholders and many domains that include pharmaceutical supply chain management (SCM), electronic medical records, patient histories, clinical trial results, imaging and scans, insurance claim records, and doctors' information as well. Currently, there are many domains in healthcare with challenges and issues where improvements are due. Blockchain is the single most imperative technology that could be integrated with healthcare to enhance the capabilities in every aspect of the trivial system. In this paper, the benefits of integrating blockchain with healthcare shall be discussed. A discussion of the challenges and possible solutions in healthcare using blockchain shall also be given.