The Potential of Blockchain Technology for Health Information Exchange: Experimental Study From Patients' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, a number of mechanisms and tools are being used by health care organizations and physicians to electronically exchange the personal health information of patients. The main objectives of different methods of health information exchange (HIE) are to reduce health care costs, minimize medical errors, and improve the coordination of interorganizational information exchange across health care entities. The main challenges associated with the common HIE systems are privacy concerns, security risks, low visibility of system transparency, and lack of patient control. Blockchain technology is likely to disrupt the current information exchange models utilized in the health care industry.

Objective

Little is known about patients' perceptions and attitudes toward t

SUBMITTER: Esmaeilzadeh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6610459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature