HealthIT Answers October 29, 2019
During the next decade, the healthcare industry will gradually increase adoption of blockchain technology to address nagging issues that have plagued the healthcare IT enterprise since it feverishly began digitizing health records.
When blockchain’s use becomes more ubiquitous, the architecture will take its place as a tool that complements existing and foundational patient data management solutions like EHRs and enterprise master patient index (EMPI) databases. But for now, health IT executives are still figuring out how they’ll apply blockchain to advance their mission.
In recent years, issues around data security, lack of interoperability between disparate systems, and the need to access medical data on demand are just some of the use cases prime for blockchain application.
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