Health IT Analytics May 20, 2022
Shania Kennedy

Blockchain is an innovative data storage and sharing solution, but how can it be leveraged in healthcare?

Blockchain is a type of distribution ledger technology (DLT) that allows data to be stored and shared in a decentralized manner. In healthcare, data storage and sharing challenges are common because health information must be both protected to uphold privacy and interoperable to allow the exchange of data for authorized use, which can improve health outcomes.

Blockchains are defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as “tamper evident and tamper resistant digital ledgers implemented in a distributed fashion (i.e., without a central repository) and usually without a central authority (i.e., a bank, company, or government). At their basic level,...

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