Transforming healthcare: embracing blockchain for security, transparency and patient empowerment

In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, we often encounter challenges that affect us all, from ensuring our data's security to making sure different parts of the system can work together seamlessly. This is particularly significant if we need to be seen by different consultants in a variety of clinics and hospitals, have tests undertaken and require our results and notes to follow us around seamlessly. By using blockchain we can manifest decentralized, transparent and secure solutions across various aspects of healthcare, from cradle to grave. The global spending on healthcare is estimated to be worth over $4,629billion, making it the third biggest industry by revenue behind telecoms and oil/gas exploration. Imagine a world where your medical records are always safe and tamper-proof, where your privacy is respected and where everyone involved in your care can easily share information. That is the promise of blockchain-powered healthcare platforms; drawing on immutable records and sm…