Blockchain Technology and Healthcare Applications

Abstract

Blockchain technology (BCT) is an evolving digital technology that changes digital operations' dimensions by conducting distributed ledger transactions without the involvement of third parties. The chapter aims to examine the use of BCT in healthcare and develop a hierarchical theoretical framework. The framework is based on the stakeholder principle and exposes BC's effect on smart healthcare. Its decentralised existence is an ideal catalyst for the much-needed transition toward well-organised healthcare as it solves the most pressing issues.