‘Fit-for-purpose?’ – challenges and opportunities for applications of blockchain technology in the future of healthcare

Blockchain is a shared distributed digital ledger technology that can better facilitate data management, provenance and security, and has the potential to transform healthcare. Importantly, blockchain represen...

Source: BMC Medicine - March 27, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tim K. Mackey, Tsung-Ting Kuo, Basker Gummadi, Kevin A. Clauson, George Church, Dennis Grishin, Kamal Obbad, Robert Barkovich and Maria Palombini Tags: Forum Source Type: research