Blockchain Can Capitalize Against Vulnerable Medical IT Systems
Recently, an increasing number of startups and organizations in the medical industry have proposed numerous projects to secure health data on a Blockchain network. The United States Department of Health and Human Services are currently accepting white papers for a Blockchain-based health record system and has launched a Health IT challenge to implement Blockchain-based medical record systems onto their existing platforms. The Department explains in the papers: "The paper should discuss the cryptography and underlying fundamentals of Blockchain technology, examine how the use of....
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