The New Kid on the Block: How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Data
Healthcare IT Today September 14, 2022
The following is a guest article by Guy Tish, Co-Founder and CTO at Briya.
Data is the bread and butter of the digital health industry.
Researchers and caregivers must be able to access high quality and up-to-date information securely. This is key to accelerating time to medicine, developing new treatments and providing better care.
But where does this information come from? The truth is that patient data is scattered across multiple locations and there is no one central database that conveniently stores it all in one place. There is a very good reason for this – healthcare records contain highly sensitive information, including details of our personal lives, ailments, and habits. While pooling our data together into central systems might...