A Systematic Analysis on Blockchain Integration With Healthcare Domain: Scope and Challenges

Sabita Khatri,Raees Ahmad Khan,Rajeev Kumar,Alka Agrawal,Md Tarique Jamal Ansari,Fahad Ahmed Alzahrani

doi:10.1109/access.2021.3087608

Abstract

A secure, smart and peer-to-peer transactions framework can be developed by Blockchain. Blockchain has enormous potential to turn health care systems as a horizontal technology, which has changed many fields of industry. The aim of this article is to critically review 50 papers published between 2015 and 2020 on blockchain-based health systems. 36 of these were journal papers; 7 were from conferences, 4 were from various symposiums; 3 were from seminars and 1 chapter was written in the book. Three key questions will be answered in this report. Firstly, what are the emerging trends of blockchain application development in healthcare from a technical perspective? Secondly, in what ways will the systematic analysis presented here contribute to a better understanding of the potential for incorporating blockchain-based technologies into the healthcare domain? Third, what are the important challenges in adopting blockchain as a solution in the healthcare domain? The descriptive analysis contains in this article shows the statistical statistics on the strategies of these 50 papers reveal that many of the blockchain systems proposed are using privately held blockchain and Ethereum platforms. We also address possible emerging trends of blockchain application such as blockchain integration with artificial intelligence, cloud based solutions and parallel block chain architecture.

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Heathcare systems are built to meet our health needs, and as our population ages, the productivity needs increase even more strongly [1]
EVALUATION OF PRIOR RESEARCH This article provides an overview of the blockchain technology that was examined in different healthcare environments and the related challenges and potential of implementation of healthcare systems based on blockchain
In the latest systematic literature reviews (SLRs), the bulk of academic publications focuses on problems and implementations of blockchain use in the field of healthcare

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Heathcare systems are built to meet our health needs, and as our population ages, the productivity needs increase even more strongly [1]. We can see the significance of real time information, like in the case of COVID 19. The rise of the aging population and chronic illnesses raises health consciousness and the search for improved healthcare for patients. The view of people moving towards a healthcare service centered on the patient rather than the classical one. Patient and hospital-centered healthcare has recently fallen out of favor, with mobile healthcare and electronic healthcare gaining attraction, which has evolved into universal healthcare. It is possible to acquire almost all of the kinds of market intelligence at an incredible pace, for cheap, and efficiently with recent advances in technology like the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). Mobile and ubiquitous devices have allowed more efficient and cheaper processes, mobile and webenabled IoMT devices have introduced new obstacles [2]

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