Improving Transitions of Care: Designing a Blockchain Application for Patient Identity Management.
Mustafa Abdul-MoheethMuhammad UsmanDaniel Toshio HarrellAnjum KhurshidPublished in: Blockchain in healthcare today (2022)
The ubiquitous problem of data fragmentation in our current healthcare ecosystem has placed considerable strain on providers and patients alike. Blockchain applications for health identity management, such as MediLinker, provide a viable solution to stem the inefficiencies that exist today. The interoperability that MediLinker provided across our simulated healthcare system has the potential to improve transitions of care by sharing key aspects of healthcare information in a timely, secure, and patent-centric fashion allowing for the delivery of consistent and personalized high value care. Blockchain technologies appear to face similar challenges to widespread adoption as other novel interventions, namely recognition, trust, and usability. Further development and scaling are required for such technology to realize its full potential in the real world and transform the practice of modern health care.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- health information
- electronic health record
- end stage renal disease
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- physical activity
- primary care
- social media
- public health
- case report
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- patient reported outcomes
- chronic pain
- health insurance
- big data
- artificial intelligence