Securing Healthcare: Leveraging Blockchain for Data Integrity in Healthcare Services

By Mohit Angurala

Securing Healthcare: Leveraging Blockchain for Data Integrity in Healthcare Services comprehensively examines how blockchain technology and smart contracts are reshaping data governance, privacy, and compliance across healthcare systems. Addressing rising concerns around data breaches, regulatory demands, and interoperability challenges, the book explores blockchain's potential to safeguard electronic health records, streamline billing processes, and enhance patient consent mechanisms.

Chapters span topics such as medical credential verification, HIPAA compliance, insurance claims, pharmaceutical supply chains, and the role of startups in driving innovation. Emphasis is placed on the integration of smart contracts to automate regulatory compliance and reinforce data integrity within decentralized health ecosystems.

Key features:

-Examines use cases in patient data sharing and consent management.
-Explores smart contract integration for regulatory compliance.
-Analyzes blockchain's role in healthcare billing and credentialing.
-Highlights innovations transforming pharmaceutical transparency.
-Discusses future trends and implementation challenges.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSWDXY8K
• ISBN13: 9798898810658
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"