Harbus May 7, 2018
The tech world can’t stop talking about blockchain, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the healthcare sector. As one HealthTech contributor put it, “it was impossible to ignore the growing buzz around blockchain at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas.”
But behind the buzz and hype, what are the substantial ways that blockchain will change healthcare, and where will we see these developments first?
Healthcare Data Today, Blockchain Tomorrow
Before answering that, let’s review the importance of blockchain and data in healthcare.
We’ve all heard about blockchain, which underpins the world’s most popular and hyped cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Blockchain, defined as “a shared public ledger, also known as a distributed database” records data and transactions in a distributed (and therefore...