Blockchain-Based Systems and Solutions in Healthcare
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 75
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence; machine learning; neural networks; photogrammetry; digital elevation models; blockchain; anomaly detection; computer vision; healthcare; education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The integration of blockchain technology in healthcare offers transformative potential, addressing critical issues related to security, transparency, and efficiency in managing medical data and operations. Existing solutions have already demonstrated blockchain’s capability to enhance data security, improve interoperability, and streamline several processes. This has made such a technology more and more pervasive in medical practice.
This Special Issue aims at exploring the state of the art of blockchain applications within the healthcare sector, highlighting their innovative developments, practical implementations, and main implications. We invite original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and detailed case studies related to systems and solutions that profitably exploit the benefits of blockchain technology in healthcare. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Management of health IoT systems;
- Decentralized healthcare systems and telemedicine solutions;
- Secure and interoperable electronic health records (EHRs);
- Patient data privacy and consent management;
- Clinical trials and research data integrity;
- Supply chain management for pharmaceuticals and medical devices;
- Smart contracts for insurance claims and billing processes.
Submissions should provide innovative insights into how blockchain can address existing challenges in healthcare, highlight real-world implementations or theoretical advancements, and propose future directions for research and practice. This Special Issue also intends to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, driving a broader and yet thoughtful adoption and evolution of blockchain technology within the healthcare landscape.
Dr. Andrea Zingoni
Dr. Gianluca Bonifazi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blockchain
- healthcare
- managing
- data security
- data privacy
- transparency
- IoT
- decentralized systems
- telemedicine
- smart contracts
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