How Blockchain Technology Could Disrupt Healthcare

From managing patient data to tracking drugs through the supply chain, blockchain could solve some of the healthcare industry’s biggest problems.

The healthcare industry is plagued by inefficiencies, errors, bureaucracy, and high administrative costs.

Could blockchain technology help solve some of these challenges?

For all the hype, there’s no question that blockchain’s distributed ledger technology can offer real value for the healthcare industry.

Blockchain could help solve some of the industry’s most pressing compliance, interoperability, and data security issues, as well as enable new patient-centric business models.

But unlocking blockchain’s potential for healthcare will be a slow process, and change is unlikely to come fast.

In this report, we analyze where blockchain is likely to be integrated into healthcare in the short, medium, and long term, based on known stakeholders, scalability requirements, and necessary safeguards.

The full CB Insights report can be viewed at this link.