Integrating Blockchain Technology Into Healthcare Informatics
S. Janarthanam, G. Subbulakshmi · Advances in healthcare information systems and administration book series · 2023
The fields of information systems and healthcare intertwined in healthcare informatics is concerned with the necessary equipment and tools to streamline information gathering, acquisition, and application in healthcare information. Healthcare informatics is concerned with patients, administrators, and healthcare professionals handling use of data. Block chain used to fund global health research, and health care policy activities to increase effectiveness and quality. Delivering patient data to doctors in a secure, and effective manner helps improve patient care. It involves combining the activities of healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses, and administrators with technologies including software, and databases. Healthcare informatics makes it possible to efficiently collect, store, retrieve, and use information to support research by allowing effective, secure transmission of medical data using block chain technology to revolutionize healthcare informatics.