Korea's MediBloc eyes blockchain for medical recordkeeping
20-Nov-17, The Korea Herald
Medical recordkeeping has long operated as a closed system, with individual medical institutions possessing primary stewardship over patients’ medical records. Private medical data exchanges are prohibited, and a patient’s data usually remains scattered at various hospitals and clinics.
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However, Seoul-based MediBloc is working to upturn this situation by placing patients, instead of medical service providers, at the center of the personal health record management paradigm.