BLOCKCHAIN ROLE IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
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blockchain, healthcare, BitcoinAbstract
Since blockchain was introduced through Bitcoin, exploration has been ongoing to extend its operations tonon-financial use cases. Healthcare is one assiduity in which blockchain is anticipated to have significant impacts. Research in this area is fairly new but growing fleetly; so, health informatics experimenters and interpreters are always floundering to keep pace with exploration progress in this area. This paper reports on a methodical review of the ongoing exploration in the operation of blockchain technology in healthcare. The exploration methodology is grounded on the Preferred Reporting particulars for Methodical Reviews and Meta- Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and a methodical mapping study process, in which a well- designed hunt protocol is used to search four scientific databases, to identify, prize and dissect all applicable publications. The review further highlights the state- of- the- art in the development of blockchain operations for healthcare, their limitations and the areas for unborn exploration. To this end, thus, there's still the need for further exploration to more understand, characterize and estimate the mileage of blockchain in healthcare.
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