Disintermediation in medical tourism through blockchain technology: an analysis using value-focused thinking approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Parekh ◽  
Azain Jaffer ◽  
Urvi Bhanushali ◽  
Shekhar Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Value Focused Thinking

scholarly journals Leveraging Blockchain in Medical Tourism Value Chain

2022 ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Shalini Ajayan ◽  
Cody Morris Paris
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Immense Potential

AbstractThere are significant challenges facing the medical tourism industry: privacy and transparency concerns, lack of access to centralized medical records, fraudulent practices, opportunistic behavior of intermediaries, foreign currency risks, and contractual/legal issues. While blockchain technology has immense potential to address the industry’s inherent challenges and inefficiencies, the current understanding of blockchain application in medical tourism is fragmented. Through a pragmatic review of the literature, this study explores the blockchain applications and benefits for medical tourists across the stages of the medical tourism value chain, and in the process, proposes a meaningful and managerially relevant blockchain framework for medical tourism. The findings and the proposed novel framework to guide policy interventions and support mechanisms to take advantage of the full opportunities of blockchain in medical tourism.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Medical Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12448
Author(s):  
Inessa Tyan ◽  
Antonio Guevara-Plaza ◽  
Mariemma I. Yagüe
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Post Procedure ◽  
Secure Data

The paper discusses the benefits of blockchain technology for medical tourism. The major focus is placed on pre-procedure and post-procedure of medical tourism. The authors argue that blockchain technology can facilitate several stages of medical tourism by enabling disintermediation, allowing cryptocurrency payments, ensuring secure data sharing and privacy, and empowering trusted review systems. With regard to COVID-19 pandemic, the paper outlines the current challenges of the medical tourism industry and prop oses the opportunities for blockchain technology use. The paper attempts to provide important insights regarding the positive implications of blockchain technology use within the medical tourism industry as well as to further advance the current knowledge about blockchain technology’s effects for medical tourism.

Understanding security in the government's use of blockchain technology with value focused thinking approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaki Tshering ◽  
Shang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Data Privacy ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Value Focused Thinking ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Security Values ◽  
The Government ◽  
Structured Approach

PurposeThe purpose of the research is to assess security concerns in government's use of Blockchain technology through the lens of value focused thinking (VFT) approach.Design/methodology/approachQualitative methods such as open ended questions and interviews were used to gather data and the data was analysed in a structured approach to formulate a means-ends network of objectives. The data were collected from eight interviews of selected participants.FindingsThe findings are 35 objectives of which ten are fundamental objectives related to the values of identity, trust, data privacy, transparency, integrity, public service delivery, cost, availability of public information, responsibility and usability.Practical implicationsThe study implies that governments or private organisations building blockchain solutions for governments can benefit from insights on values to focus on in blockchain security; and the current research serves as a base to understand more on blockchain use in the governments as well as security values and application of VFT approach for future academic researchers in this area.Social implicationsIt is a need-driven approach in which blockchain is assessed to ensure its fit to societal needs and public values.Originality/valueIt is first of its kind in studying security in blockchain use by government through the lens of VFT approach, and it provides insights of values that are of importance to further blockchain use in the government.

Comprehensive Study of Blockchain Technology - Architecture, Consensus and Future Trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 319-325
Author(s):  
Shreya Joshi ◽  
Ms Bhavyaa ◽  
Suhani Gupta ◽  
Lalita Luthra
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Product Management ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Deep Dive ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Healthcare Product ◽  
Core Technology ◽  
Technical Challenges ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Blockchain is considered to be a disruptive core technology. Although many researchers have realized the importance of blockchain, but the research of it is still emerging. It is the record-keeping technology behind bitcoin and is one of the hottest and fastest growing skills in the IT sector today. It serves as an immutable ledger which allows transactions to take place in a decentralized man Blockchain-based applications are rising up, covering numerous fields including finance, healthcare, product management, Internet of Things (IoT), and many more. However, there are still some challenges of blockchain technology such as scalability and security problems which need to be overcome. This paper comprises of a comprehensive study of Blockchain technology. We have included here a deep dive into how blockchains work, its architecture, consensus and various applications. Furthermore, technical challenges are briefly listed.

The Potential Of Blockchain Technology To Change International Mobile Roaming Business Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Ardian Thresnantia Atmaja
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Clearing House ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Target Architecture ◽  
Architecture Development

The key objectives of this paper is to propose a design implementation of blockchain based on smart contract which have potential to change international mobile roaming business model by eliminating third-party data clearing house (DCH). The analysis method used comparative analysis between current situation and target architecture of international mobile roaming business that commonly used by TOGAF Architecture Development Method. The purposed design of implementation has validated the business value by using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculation. This paper applies the TOGAF approach in order to address architecture gap to evaluate by the enhancement capability that required from these three fundamental aspect which are Business, Technology and Information. With the blockchain smart contract solution able to eliminate the intermediaries Data Clearing House system, which impacted to the business model of international mobile roaming with no more intermediaries fee for call data record (CDR) processing and open up for online billing and settlement among parties. In conclusion the business value of blockchain implementation in the international mobile roaming has been measured using TCO comparison between current situation and target architecture that impacted cost reduction of operational platform is 19%. With this information and understanding the blockchain technology has significant benefit in the international mobile roaming business.

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