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Blockchain enables healthcare record management, clinical trial transparency, efficient supply chain management and more. The use of blockchain technology in the healthcare industry has the potential to revolutionize the way medical records are managed, medical research is conducted and patient care is delivered. Here are nine promising use cases for blockchain in healthcare. Medical record management Medical records can be safely stored and managed using block chain , improving accessibility for patients and healthcare professionals. Patients’ ability to control access to their medical records enhances security and privacy. One example is MedRec, a block chain -based system for managing medical information created by MIT researchers. MIT Professor Andrew Lippman says the goal of the MedRec project is to be like a Swiss bank for health records, but without the bank. #Bizofblockchain — MIT Technology Review (@techreview) April 23, 2018 Clinical trials By offering a transparent ...

From insurance to telehealth, smart contracts are finding use cases across the healthcare industry. Smart contracts are self-executing lines of code that run atop blockchains and are triggered once a set of predetermined conditions are met. They are used to automate the execution of online agreements without the involvement of third parties. Today, they are used across many industries, including the healthcare industry. The healthcare sector stands to benefit a lot from the widespread implementation of these self-executing programs, especially when it comes to streamlining arduous manual processes, automating bureaucratic procedures and alleviating issues caused by human error. Today, many healthcare institutions rely on highly centralized conventional management systems to handle sensitive tasks such as record keeping, transactions and correspondences. While some traditional systems can undertake some of the tasks exceptionally well, many of them are prone to failure due to limited i...