Perspectives of Patients, Health Care Professionals, and Developers Toward Blockchain-Based Health Information Exchange: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the electronic health record system adoption rate has reached 96% in the United States, implementation and usage of health information exchange (HIE) is still lagging behind. Blockchain has come into the spotlight as a technology to solve this problem. However, there have been no studies assessing the perspectives of different stakeholders regarding blockchain-based patient-centered HIE.

Objective

The objective of this study was to analyze the awareness among patients, health care professionals, and information technology developers toward blockchain-based HIE, and compare their different perspectives related to the platform using a qualitative research methodology.

Methods

In this qualitative study, we applied grounded theory and the Promoting Act

SUBMITTER: Lee K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7695529 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature