HIT Consultant September 30, 2019
Richard Rupp, SVP of Product at Modio Health

Can Blockchain Technology Fix Healthcare’s Problems? Not Even Close

Blockchain has been making big waves across healthcare, heralded as the technology that’s going to save healthcare.

The excitement is understandable. Just about every segment of healthcare is fragmented — almost to the point of dysfunction. What better way to bind it together than via a digital ledger that affords the ability to securely, privately, and comprehensively track health records? It’s compelling — and it seems healthcare is ready to move full speed ahead with blockchain.

Is blockchain the technology that’s going to fix healthcare’s many problems? Potentially. But not now. Not even close. Before we can fix healthcare with blockchain, we need to break down the barriers that are...

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