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Adoption of Blockchain to Support the National Health Insurance Implementation in South Africa: An Integrative Review

Adoption of Blockchain to Support the National Health Insurance Implementation in South Africa: An Integrative Review
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Author(s): Shaivar Girdhari (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)and Patrick Ndayizigamiye (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 35
Source title: Building Resilient Healthcare Systems With ICTs
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patrick Ndayizigamiye (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)and Macire Kante (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8915-1.ch009

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Abstract

The National Department of Health aims to provide good quality healthcare to all citizens and especially those who cannot afford proper healthcare through the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI). This will be done by pooling funds to establish a social solidarity fund for all citizens in need of healthcare regardless of their socio-economic status. The South African healthcare sector currently makes use of skewed healthcare financing systems, which makes it difficult to have a convergent healthcare scheme such as the NHI. Therefore, it is proposed that for the implementation of the NHI in South Africa, a new healthcare financing system, is developed based on artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain algorithms with embedded deep learning capabilities. It is anticipated that the proposed healthcare financing system will help build resilience in South Africa's healthcare financing system.

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