Healthcare IT Today December 7, 2021
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been screaming for years about my frustration with how lightweight telehealth solutions are today. As I wrote in a recent telehealth post, I’m eager to see telehealth platforms emerge that take offer more robust services and integrate with enterprise care delivery platforms.
Given this, I was pleased to find some research describing telehealth solutions that leverage the blockchain. None seem entirely ready for universal use, but the technology which has already been developed seems intriguing.
The study, which was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, reviewed research delving into the feasibility of using blockchain technology in telemedicine. After conducting the review, the authors zoned in on 18 projects that met their...