OTS - ClinicAll: How blockchain technology will be applied to the digitisation of healthcare
2019. June 20. 11:15
Neuss/Germany, 20. June 2019., Thursday (APA/OTS) - Blockchain
lives at the apex of disruptive technologies. Experts term
blockchain technology as a secure data storage platform and the key
for digital transformation. A solution is only half the battle,
healthcare data management requires consideration across data
collection, security, accessibility and privacy. Blockchain and its
inherent nature offers a holistic solution, however, lawmakers and
regulatory bodies must pave the way for a new era of medical and
healthcare services.
The management of personal medical records is a business
problem worldwide. The healthcare industry is in dire need of
digitisation, operating with antiquated information management
systems, often decades behind when compared with other industries.
According to Life Sciences research, patient data doubles every 73
days; as a result, invaluable data is often not recorded. This is
caused by a high level of concern regarding data sensitivity,
privacy and patient rights. Furthermore, access constraints due to
legacy security protocols expose opportunities for data breaches
and inhibit access to valuable data by third parties, such as
research units.
Personal patient data had always been loaded with many issues -
What data is to be collected? Who has the right to collect it? Who
owns the information collected? How is this information to be used?
And so on. As medical technology improves, medical records will
consist of a comprehensive medical history; including vaccinations,
routine checkups, documented incidents, insurance claims, lifestyle
habits and potentially the subjects complete genome. Future
implications of a medical data are misunderstood by most of the
public, all of the data is extremely valuable and…
Read the full article on
https://medium.com/@clinicallhealthcare/healthcare-meets-blockchain-b21bb5fd0138?postPublishedType=i
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Press contact:
ClinicAll/ Mrs. Lea Kelic
lk@clinicall.de
Visit ClinicAll @ clinicall.io
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