Clinical Informatics News January 22, 2019
A trio of blockchain-enabled applications that debuted at the recent Distributed: Health conference in Nashville, Tennessee, could start giving patients more control over their personal health data as early as next year. The pilot-phase initiatives include an electronic medical record (EMR) platform with built-in incentives for diabetics to meet their treatment goals, a smart prescription app that makes a script more than a promissory note, and software that transfers ownership of electronic health records (EHRs) from providers to patients.
AMCHART, an initiative of the healthcare division of Houston-based IT services provider AMSYS, launched inside a clinic in Mumbai, India, in early November with the goal of improving diabetes outcomes by better engaging patients in their own care and providing a...
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