Anthem Will Use Blockchain To Secure Medical Data For Its 40 Million Members In Three Years
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Anthem Will Use Blockchain To Secure Medical Data For Its 40 Million Members In Three Years
Anthem Will Use Blockchain To Secure Medical Data For Its 40 Million Members In Three Years
Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in the U.S, has started to use blockchain technology to help patients securely access and share their medical data. The company plans to roll out the feature, which is in pilot testing now, to groups of members in the next few months. All 40 million members will have access to it in the next two to three years, according to company officials.
“What blockchain potentially gives us the opportunity to do is not worry about those trust issues,” said Anthem CEO Gail Boudreaux at the 8th Annual Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York last week. “We have an opportunity now to share data that people can make their own decisions on.
The full Forbes article can be viewed at this link.