Future of blockchain in healthcare: potential to improve the accessibility, security and interoperability of electronic health records
Shaun Mehta, Kiran Grant, Alun Ackery
Abstract
The lack of accessibility to medical records for both patients and clinicians has long been recognised as a barrier to transparent and efficient healthcare.[1][1] While electronic health record (EHR) systems help address this issue somewhat, many of these systems are heterogeneous, demonstrate
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