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Balancing medical privacy with ease of access for healthcare professionals is a challenge, but technology could provide the solution, says Aleph Zero Foundation’s Matthew Niemerg.

Most people don’t think of healthcare when they hear blockchain, and that’s understandable; the technology so far hasn’t gone much beyond financial instruments – at least, not in the eyes of the public. However, with the current state of affairs in healthcare, the time has come for change. And blockchain may well be at the heart of it.

One of the most challenging problems in the health-care industry is balancing people’s medical privacy with ease of access to medical history via electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs need to adhere to any mandated privacy laws which...

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Topics: Blockchain, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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