Health IT Analytics October, 2016

Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize EHR interoperability and the exchange of healthcare big data.

The Office of the National Coordinator might not always get what it wants when it comes to industry cooperation, but ONC officials have been pleasantly surprised by the positive response to its informational blockchain challenge.

The agency found its inbox flooded with 70 entries after offering a cash prize for academic papers that best capture the potential uses of blockchain technology for electronic health record management, data security, interoperability, and other critical big data tasks.

Respondents from a number of high-profile organizations, including MIT, the Mayo Clinic, Deloitte, IBM, and the National Quality Forum volunteered their expertise in this emerging field of information management, and...

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