ABSTRACT
Being endowed with a data large handling capacity as well as computational analysis of modern computing systems enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT), the healthcare sector, driven by these developments, has undergone a radical change. However, this smart healthcare sector is consequently laced with shortfalls such as information security and privacy breaches which require a thorough overhaul. Here, through this chapter, we will touch upon the security and privacy concerns of healthcare data using blockchain technology. Apart from this, the concept of smart contracts, which can perform advance level scripting to create a blockchain network to provide a platform for the development of decentralized applications, will also be discussed.
