Application of Blockchain and Internet of Things in Healthcare and Medical Sector: Applications, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
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Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the recent innovations in Information Technology, which intends to interconnect the physical and digital worlds. It introduces a vision of smartness by enabling communication between objects and humans through the Internet. IoT has diverse applications in almost all sectors like Smart Health, Smart Transportation, and Smart Cities, etc. In healthcare applications, IoT eases communication between doctors and patients as the latter can be diagnosed remotely in emergency scenarios through body sensor networks and wearable sensors. However, using IoT in healthcare systems can lead to violation of the privacy of patients. Thus, security should be taken into consideration. Blockchain is one of the trending research topics nowadays and can be applied to the majority of IoT scenarios. Few major reasons for using the Blockchain in healthcare systems are its prominent features, i.e., Decentralization, Immutability, Security and Privacy, and Transparency. This paper’s main objective was to enhance the functionality of healthcare systems using emerging and innovative computer technologies like IoT and Blockchain. So, initially, a brief introduction to the basic concepts of IoT and Blockchain is provided. After this, the applicability of IoT and Blockchain in the medical sector is explored in three major areas—drug traceability, remote patient-monitoring, and medical record management. At last, the challenges of deploying IoT and Blockchain in healthcare systems are discussed.
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- Authors
- Ratta, P., Kaur, A., Sharma, S., Shabaz, M., & Dhiman, G.
- Affiliations
- Chandigarh University (IN)
- National Institute of Technology Srinagar (IN)
- Arba Minch University (ET)
- Government Bikram College of Commerce, Patiala, Punjab, India
- Corresponding author
- Shabaz, Mohammad
- Venue
- Journal of Food Quality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-05-25
- Volume
- 2021
- Pages
- 1-20
- ISSN
- 0146-9428 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-4557
- OpenAlex
- W3165364558
- Cited by
- 335
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 30
- FWCI
- 56.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Food Quality (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Internet of Things and AI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Keywords
- blockchain, Internet of Things, health care, drug traceability, remote patient monitoring, medical records management, patient privacy, Internet of Things security, wireless body area networks, wearable sensors, smart healthcare
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