The Blockchain Technologies in Healthcare: Prospects, Obstacles, and Future Recommendations; Lessons Learned from Digitalization

Authors

  • Alhamzah F. Abbas Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM), Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA
  • Naveed Akhtar Qureshi Department of Business Administration, SUKKUR IBA UNIVERSITY, PAKISTAN
  • Nohman Khan UniKL Business School, UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
  • Rabia Chandio Department of Biomedical engineering, MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (MUET) Jamshoro, PAKISTAN.
  • Javed Ali Business Administration department, SUKKUR IBA UNIVERSITY, PAKISTAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v18i09.32253

Keywords:

blockchains technologies, electronic health records, healthcare, artificial intelligence, IoTs, PRISMA 2020

Abstract


For today's healthcare data management systems, fundamental problems are data transparency, traceability, immutability, audit, data provenance, flexible access, trust, privacy, and security. Blockchain is a promising technology that can help to optimise healthcare data management operations by increasing data efficiency and ensuring trust.  The current study examined the usefulness of blockchain technology in healthcare and the barriers to adoption. Finally, we looked at the future of blockchain technology in healthcare. The current study reviewed 53 papers and utilised the PRISMA framework 2020 to include and exclude records from the Scopus database. The VOS Viewer software is used to categorize the published literature, and the prevalence of essential terms is often used to authenticate the main themes in classifications. The current study findings indicate that Blockchain offers a wide range of applications and functions in healthcare. By allowing the transfer of patient medical information, controlling the medication supply chain, and facilitating the safe transfer of patient medical records, blockchain technology assists healthcare researchers in discovering genetic codes. Because blockchain can support novel analytics, healthcare firms may notice changes in their data in real-time, allowing them to make swift choices without human involvement

Covr iJOE Vol. 18 No. 09 (2022)

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2022-07-11

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Alhamzah F. Abbas, Naveed Akhtar Qureshi, Nohman Khan, Rabia Chandio, & Javed Ali. (2022). The Blockchain Technologies in Healthcare: Prospects, Obstacles, and Future Recommendations; Lessons Learned from Digitalization. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 18(09), pp. 144–159. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v18i09.32253

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Vol. 18 No. 09 (2022)

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