Forbes February 7, 2019
Chrissa McFarlane

Blockchain technology can improve how researchers access medical data.

This distributed ledger technology can improve security, efficiency, and the coordination of health care systems as an answer to aging legacy infrastructures.

Health care systems are cornerstones of all modern societies since they provide vital services. As they grow, however, many become less efficient and secure, which can make health care services more expensive and less accessible to the general public. Beyond being the buzzword of 2017, blockchain opens the door to solutions in an increasing global healthcare expenditure that is expected to increase to USD $10.059 trillion by 2022.

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While the digitization of healthcare has paved the way for modern infrastructure, current privacy laws, software, and databases have...

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