Innovative Systems and Solution in Healthcare Based on AI, Blockchain and IoT
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 1016
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid advancement of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing the healthcare sector. These transformative technologies offer unparalleled opportunities to enhance patient care, improve experts’ decisions, streamline operations, acquire and manage medical data, and analyse streams of information. Several studies, but also practical applications, have already shown the great potential of their (joint) use and paved the way to extremely interesting and promising innovations.
Artificial Intelligence has already demonstrated its potential in a wide variety of tasks that range from enhancing diagnostic accuracy and personalizing treatment plans to predicting patient outcomes with unprecedented precision. From machine learning algorithms that analyze complex datasets to natural language processing tools that interpret clinical notes, AI is constantly redefining how healthcare professionals approach challenges in medicine.
Blockchain technology, with its inherent characteristics of transparency, security, and immutability is capable of enabling the secure sharing of sensitive patient information, promoting trust in healthcare transactions, and fostering interoperability among disparate systems. Blockchain’s ability to facilitate decentralized and tamper-proof data management is particularly critical in addressing privacy concerns and compliance with regulatory standards.
The Internet of Things is empowering healthcare providers to collect real-time data through interconnected devices. Wearable health monitors and smart medical equipment are just some of the IoT-based devices that ensure continuous patient monitoring and the early detection of health anomalies. In addition, integrating IoT with AI and Blockchain creates an ecosystem that can deliver intelligent, scalable, and patient-centric solutions.
This Special Issue aims to explore the state of the art of AI, blockchain, and IoT developments while also examining the practical applications and main implications within the healthcare sector.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- AI-driven diagnostics and treatment recommendations;
- Analysis of complex medical dataset;
- Processing and interpreting clinical diagnosis and notes;
- Blockchain-based solutions for secure and interoperable health data exchange;
- Patient data privacy and consent management;
- Decentralized healthcare systems and telemedicine solutions;
- IoT-enabled remote patient monitoring;
- Smart healthcare systems;
- Integration of AI, Blockchain, and IoT for holistic healthcare solutions;
- Ethical and regulatory implications in adopting these technologies in the medical sector.
Submissions should provide innovative insights into how AI, blockchain, and IoT (separately and in synergy) can address existing challenges in healthcare, highlight real-world implementations or theoretical advancements, and propose future directions for research and practices. This Special Issue also intends to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, driving a broader and yet thoughtful adoption and evolution of these technologies within the healthcare landscape.
Dr. Andrea Zingoni
Dr. Gianluca Bonifazi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blockchain
- healthcare
- managing
- data security
- data privacy
- transparency
- IoT
- decentralized systems
- telemedicine
- smart contracts
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