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The New Kid on the Block: How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

Removing data sharing barriers through blockchain is particularly exciting given the vast gold mine of information being collected by a booming digital health industry, through patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, telemedicine and mobile health, along with digital devices such as smartphones step counters.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the road to our digital health utopia of seamless data interoperability and transparency is littered with rusted hulks of other really great ideas. These didn’t really exist in the days of Google Health, but the Argonaut Project and other initiatives have laid the table.

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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