MedPage Today August 22, 2018
-But still “largely science fiction” thanks to regulatory barriers in the U.S.
Over the past decades, politicians and entrepreneurs alike have tried and failed to solve the problem of healthcare interoperability, leaving patients increasingly frustrated at the lack of control over personal medical records.
Now, industry leaders are hoping that blockchain technology might be the answer. Though blockchain is typically associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, it is now being explored as a way to create shared networks of healthcare data.
According to experts gathered at last week’s Blockchain Healthcare Summit here, blockchain is a dramatically better way to store, share, and protect sensitive data among disparate groups.
“If you were to do something from scratch, you would do...
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