healthcare.digital February 2, 2024
Lloyd Price

Exec Summary:

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) holds immense potential to revolutionize the future of health data, empowering individuals to take control of their information and fostering a more secure, transparent, and patient-centric healthcare ecosystem. Here’s how:
Empowering patients:
  • Data ownership and control: SSI enables individuals to store and manage their health data in secure digital wallets, granting access to specific parties with granular control. This puts patients in the driver’s seat, deciding who sees their data and for what purpose.

  • Improved data exchange: Patients can easily share their medical records with healthcare providers, researchers, or insurers by presenting verifiable credentials (proof of specific attributes) without revealing unnecessary...

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Topics: Big Data, Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Privacy / Security, Provider, Technology
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