Digital Health March 23, 2022
DHI News Team

In a piece for Digital Health, Jonas Lundqvist, CEO at Haidrun, looks at how a blockchain-powered digital healthcare ecosystem can increase the security and privacy of sensitive patient and medical data.

In the past decade alone, more than 200million patient records have been exposed to data breaches in the healthcare ecosystem. Confidential health information, genetic data and financial details have all been stolen. While major high-profile breaches of sensitive patient data tend to hit the headlines, the problem is widespread and also includes the compromise of pharmaceutical research and cyber-attacks on the healthcare supply chain.

The problem is compounded by the sheer volume of paper in health administration. According to Deloitte, a single healthcare provider will file in the region...

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