Digitalization of Healthcare: Applications and Gains

As in most sectors around the world, there is a digital transformation in the field of healthcare. This transformation aims to reduce costs in the provision of health services, prevent diseases, and minimize human errors in the field of medicine and health financing. The most popular digital tools that serve these purposes are artificial intelligence technologies, big data analytics and blockchain technology. In this context, in this study entitled "Digitalization of Healthcare: Applications and Gains", the achievements in the healthcare sector thanks to these technologies were evaluated. In addition, the risks brought by the digitalization process in the health sector are emphasized and some suggestions are presented to eliminate these risk factors. With the widespread use of artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, the questions that have emerged regarding the privacy of personal information have been resolved within the scope of application examples from different countries. At this point, the advantages provided by blockchain applications such as MedRec, MedChain, MyPCR, FHIRCain, HealthChain, MediBchain, ModelChain, BlockchainHealth, eHealthWallet and Medvault and the areas of use of these applications other than the storage of personal health records have been evaluated. This study is important in terms of shedding light on decision makers in the process of integration of countries’ health systems into the digital platforms. Keywords: Health Economics, Digitalization in Healthcare, AI in Health