Healthcare IT News August 13, 2018
Bill Siwicki

The technology alone won’t fix patient ID issues but it can bring some of the data accessibility, interoperability, integrity and security hospitals need.

Blockchain. The distributed ledger technology has considerable promise in healthcare and, as so often happens with emerging technologies, it’s being hailed as something close to a cure-all for just about everything.

From cybersecurity to electronic health records and data interoperability, to supply chain and clinical trials, even patient engagement. They’re all been named as potential use cases.

But what about the challenge of patient matching? Can blockchain cure the woe of successfully identifying the same patient throughout an intricate web of information systems?

Those are big questions and the answers come down to this: Blockchain is not...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Blockchain, Cybersecurity, EMR / EHR, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Technology
Internet Computer blockchain has raised $77M | Dfinity Foundation
Revolutionizing Remote Healthcare: A Synergistic Approach with Blockchain, SDN, and 5G in IoMT
Blockchain technology in population health management
AI and crypto face power struggle
Contributed: ​​Blockchain in healthcare and enhancing security and transparency

Share This Article