We have already introduce blockchain in healthcare. Now, Estonia is the fist country to securize the EHR (electronic health record) with blockchain thanks to Guardtime.com . The technology that have been consider the most important invention of our age.
The advantages are:
- Medical banking between dis-intermediated parties
- Distributed EHRs
- Inventory management
- Forming a research “commons” and a remunerative model for data sharing
- Identity verification for insurance purposes
- An open “bazaar” for services that accommodates transparency in pricing
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In the following video at 28′ you could see how to implement the horizontal innovation in healthcare including the FaaS (Freedom as a Service) to assure a patient centric healthcare.
