The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is experimenting with the distributed ledger technology to monitor the spread of infectious diseases in crisis situations.
Health care researchers have suggested blockchain technology as a way to securely manage patients’ electronic records, track pharmaceuticals and support research for clinical trials. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is experimenting with the distributed ledger technology to monitor the spread of infectious diseases, especially in disasters when rapid, efficient data exchange is critical.
With a network of federal, state, local health agencies as well as hospitals and clinics contributing data to track disease trends, blockchain could be the solution that makes it easier to securely move all that data among partners without getting bogged down in multiple data access and privacy requirements.
Source/More: CDC eyes blockchain for exchanging health data during disasters — GCN
