NewsBTC May 29, 2018
In the tangled mess that is the American health care system wrongful or just poor information sharing is a major contributor to patient misdiagnosis, insurance denial and mistakes in billing. Very often problems stem from hospitals, doctors, state agencies and insurance companies using different information systems to send and share patient data.
Decentralized Ledger Used to Streamline Medical Data Sharing
This has made the medical care industry one of the most attractive places for the implementation of a decentralized ledger approach to information management. A blockchain network would allow all parties involved in patient care access to an encrypted body of data where information can be shared and all changes are traceable.
The Massachutes Institute of Technology is currently developing...