Application of Blockchain in Smart Healthcare

Abstract

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology with IOT, which helps to make machine-to-machine interaction possible. So, we can also say that it is a system that records information in such a way that makes it difficult to change, cheat or hack. Smart healthcare needs blockchain technology to store the digital records of patient health. Hence to make healthcare system more secure and robust against tempering and theft of electronic health records (EHR).