Since blockchain was introduced through Bitcoin, research has been ongoing to extend its
applications to non-financial use cases. Healthcare is one industry in which blockchain is
expected to have significant impacts. Research in this area is relatively new but growing
rapidly; so, health informatics researchers and practitioners are always struggling to keep
pace with research progress in this area. This paper reports on a systematic review of the
ongoing research in the application of blockchain technology in healthcare. The research …

Blockchain technology (BCT) has emerged in the last decade and added a lot of interest in
the healthcare sector. The purpose of this systematic literature review (SLR) is to explore the
potential paradigm shift in healthcare utilizing BCT. The study is compiled by reviewing
research articles published in nine well-reputed venues such as IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital
Library, Springs Link, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, Science Direct, PsycINFO, Ovid Medline,
and MDPI between January 2016 to August 2021. A total of 1,192 research studies were …