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Blockchain-Based E-Healthcare Monitoring System Using Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT): Blockchain in Healthcare
Ashwani Kant Kant Shukla (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India), Raj Shree (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India), Ravi Prakash Pandey (Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, India), Vivek Shukla (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India), and Shashank Upadhyay (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 31
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5376-6.ch002
Abstract
In order to incorporate patient data, the internet of healthcare things (IoHT) enables services using wearable healthcare devices. Blockchain 1.0 is based on bitcoin whereas the primary concept has relied on the cryptocurrency applications. Blockchain 2.0, which introduced the idea of the smart contract, was based on the defined single piece of code that is executed and saved in a decentralized ledger. Blockchain 3.0 significantly deals with the non-financial applications such as government, energy, health, etc. This generation of blockchain technology is spreading in the healthcare sector.