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Blockchain in Healthcare

From Disruption to Integration

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Editors:
  1. Stanislaw Stawicki

    1. Department of Research and Innovation, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, USA

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  • One of the first books on the diversity of applications for blockchain in medicine
  • Compendium of foundational works on mainstream adoption of blockchain in medicine
  • Makes blockchain technology clearly understandable for biomedical students, healthcare professionals and administrators

Part of the book series: Integrated Science (IS, volume 10)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introductory Chapter: Early Applications and Evolution of Blockchain Implementations in Medicine

    • Stanislaw P. Stawicki
    Pages 1-5

  3. Can Blockchain Technology Change Contemporary Medicine as It is Currently Understood?

    • Juan M. Román-Belmonte, Hortensia De la Corte-Rodríguez, E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán
    Pages 7-18

  4. The Current State of Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) and Proposing a Blockchain HIE Infrastructure

    • Rohith Mohan, Todd Ferris
    Pages 19-36

  5. An Amalgamation of Blockchain and Connected Health for Combating COVID-19

    • Zhuorui Zhang, Bishenghui Tao, Xuran Li, Hong-Ning Dai
    Pages 37-52

  6. Applications of Blockchain Technology in the COVID-19 Era

    • Juan M. Roman-Belmonte, Hortensia De la Corte-Rodriguez, E. Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan
    Pages 53-67

  7. Distributed Ledgers and Immunity Passports: The Intersection of Clinical Medicine and Digital Technology

    • Michael S. Firstenberg, Benjamin A. Wilson, Dianne E. McCallister, Stanislaw P. Stawicki
    Pages 69-96

  8. Digital Identity, Computational Reliabilism, and the Future of IOMT: Epistemic Reasoning and the Role of Blockchain in Removing Human Tampering from Pharmacovigilance Decision Making

    • Mateusz Plaza, Sean Batzel, Thomas Wojda, M. M. Alcaro
    Pages 97-116

  9. Potential Implementations of Blockchain Technology in Patient Safety: A High-Level Overview

    • Minuette A. Laessig, Kushee-Nidhi Kumar, Wayne Bauerle, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Shanaya Desai, Kimberly Costello et al.
    Pages 117-140

  10. Blockchain in Medical Education

    • M. A. A. K. Munasinghe, M. A. S. C. Samarakoon, M. P. P. Dilhani
    Pages 141-163

  11. Blockchain in Education: Linking Competency Assessment with Credentialing

    • Travis P. Sharkey-Toppen, Timothy C. Hoffman, Kendra McCamey, David P. Bahner
    Pages 165-179

  12. Optimizing Blockchain Technology in Academic Medicine

    • Kathryn C. Kelley, Anthony P. Allsbrook
    Pages 181-188

  13. Distributed Research Networks

    • Thomas F. Heston, Alexandra Dullea
    Pages 189-199

  14. Use of Blockchain Technology for Implantable Medical Device Tracking

    • Kristofer S. Matullo, Chad A. Amato, Pavel Burskii
    Pages 201-214

  15. Application of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Supply Chains

    • Venkataramanaiah Saddikuti, Sagar Galwankar, S. V. Akilesh Sai
    Pages 215-223

  16. The Use of Blockchain in Fighting Medical Misinformation: A Concept Paper

    • Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Michael S. Firstenberg, Thomas J. Papadimos
    Pages 225-239

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 241-250
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About this book

​Blockchain technology (BT) is quietly transforming the world, from financial infrastructure, to the internet-of-things, to healthcare applications. With increasing penetration of BT into various areas of our daily lives, the need arises for better awareness and greater knowledge about the capabilities, benefits, risks, and alternatives to distributed ledger applications. It is hoped that current book will be one of the pioneering collections focusing on blockchain implementations in the area of healthcare, with specific aim to present content in an easy-to-understand and readily accessible way for typical end-users of blockchain-based applications. 
There are important areas within the fabric of modern healthcare that stand to benefit from implementations of BT. These areas include electronic medical records, quality control, patient safety, finance, device tracking, biostamping/biocertification, redundant storage of critical data, health and liability insurance, medication utilization tracking (including opioid and antibiotic misuse), financial transactions, academics/education, asset tokenization, public health and pandemics, healthcare provider credentialing, and many other potential applications.
 
The ultimate goal of the proposed book would be to provide an integrative, easy-to-understand, and comprehensive picture of the current state of blockchain use in healthcare while actively engaging the reader in a forward-looking, exploratory approach toward future developments in this space. To accomplish this goal, an expert panel of contributors has been assembled, featuring scholars from top global universities and think-tanks.






Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Research and Innovation, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, USA

    Stanislaw Stawicki

About the editor

Dr. Stanislaw P. Stawicki is Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Research and Innovation at St Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. A specialist in General Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, he co-authored >650 scholarly works, including >25 books. In addition to national and international medical leadership roles, he is a member of numerous editorial boards. His areas of expertise include blockchain technology in healthcare, medical innovation, patient safety, academic leadership, medical education and mentorship, traumatology, critical care, injury prevention, and sonography.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Blockchain in Healthcare

  • Book Subtitle: From Disruption to Integration

  • Editors: Stanislaw Stawicki

  • Series Title: Integrated Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14591-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14590-2Published: 03 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14593-3Published: 04 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14591-9Published: 01 January 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2662-9461

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-947X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomedicine, general, Professional Computing, Health Care Management, Nursing Ethics, Health Policy

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