Physicians Practice April 12, 2018
From the outset, the definition and functioning of blockchain needs to be established, as well as its application to healthcare. A blockchain can be thought of as central list of transaction records from various computers in real time. A common use of blockchain is cryptocurrency (think Bitcoin), a common payment method to release a hostage’s data during a ransomware attack.
Recently, the National Institute for Standards and Technology published a draft of NISTIR 8202, which closed for public comment in February. As this publication sets forth,
“[B]lockchains are immutable digital ledger systems implemented in a distributed fashion (i.e., without a central repository) and usually without a central authority. At their most basic level, they...
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