In the previous chapter, we examined the impact of blockchain across the transportation industry and how it is affecting day-to-day operations in the shipping supply chain and the railway and trucking sector. In this chapter, we are going to focus on the healthcare (and pharmaceutical) industry and how blockchain is currently affecting, or going to affect, this industry. Following the same outline as the previous chapters, we explore why blockchain is a viable technology to use in this sector, and which use cases and platforms are already being implemented/developed. We will go over a few of the real-world use/study cases illustrated in the following diagram:
Eight everyday use cases of blockchain ...
