Is blockchain the solution for failing global healthcare?
World Economic Forum September 16, 2022
- Global healthcare systems are under extreme stress.
- Blockchain technology could create an efficient, transparent, safe and effective way of communicating data across global healthcare.
- Blockchain technology can also support healthcare development, save money and support further investment into essential resources.
The global healthcare system has been deteriorating for what feels like decades. With bed shortages, long waiting lists, increasing costs and global pandemics, the state of the global healthcare system has never been more challenging for healthcare providers, practitioners or patients.
According to Deloitte’s 2022 Global Health Care Outlook, the industry is at breaking point. The COVID-19 pandemic has exhausted healthcare workers, overwhelmed institutions, disproportionately affected and...