This new volume, Blockchain Technology in Business and Healthcare: Opportunities and Innovation, focuses on the use of blockchain in two specific areas, as reflected in the title. The increasing use and application of blockchain technology is changing business and the healthcare industry.

The authors attempt to show how the digital future will be shaped by emerging blockchain technology. The book explains the fundamentals of blockchain and how this technology revolutionizes transactions and business networks. They also discuss the important differences between "blockchain" and "blockchain for business" and what makes blockchain an ideal solution for streamlining business networks. It will provide better understanding of how digital currency processes information using complex networks. This book also explores the links between blockchain, information technology, cryptography, and computer science applications in the healthcare sector in a broad perspective.

This book is primarily aimed at those involved in research who want an introduction to the technology, how it works, the major types of blockchain out there, and information getting started with using blockchain technology your organization.