“Blockchain has the power to: a) reduce costs and increase operational efficiency, b) build trust while improving the quality of comprehensive care and c) empower individuals to take charge of their health. It’s time for us to reimagine the future of healthcare information technology.”
– From Blockchain: Unlocking Healthcare Data to Empower Patients and Improve Care
In a recent blog post for the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Patientory CEO Chrissa McFarlane shares her vision for the application of blockchain to healthcare data. If correctly implemented, blockchain technology could help empower patients and improve care by providing these specific benefits:
- Aggregated personal health information
- Improved data security and integrity
- Patient-centered control of data access and use
To learn more about how Patientory’s distributed application contributes to these goals, click here.