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This is essentially what all "blockchain for healthcare" idealists are trying to advocate/accomplish. With buzzwords like "security" & "interoperability" ... Ap

This is essentially what all "blockchain for healthcare" idealists are trying to advocate/accomplish. With buzzwords like "security" & "interoperability" ... Apple is really pushing for both here (though it would be centralized). I think the absolute key is to win the users first, and force the industry to adopt a strategy that is best for users vs what is best for Hostpitals/EHRs/Health-Networks. Interoperability is a beast of a problem to solve for healthcare, and it'll be interesting to see how far Apple is willing to push or disrupt (i.e. standardizing & forcing the adoption of their chosen data formats & integration) ------- shameless plug about healthcare & blockchain: https://hackernoon.com/developing-blockchain-for-healthcare-primer-d23004de7aed https://hackernoon.com/developing-blockchain-for-healthcare-...

saosebastiao 9y ago
I really do not know why a blockchain is necessary. If people have ownership over their own data, all that is really needed is a place to store it and some kind OAuth scheme to access and manage it. I mean, sure, smart contracts on a blockchain could do that, but so could hundreds of other architectures.
- JAFTEM 9y ago
  It's not a matter of what's possible but rather a matter of who has control and access to that data. Do you want a decentralized platform or Apple to protect your records. Fwiw I'm not advocating one way or the other.
- rambossa 9y ago
  Agreed -- I don't think blockchain introduces anything _entirely_ new to any type of application. Blockchain in healthcare goes a lot further than user control/convenience though, and a "holy grail" success would mean complete interoperability across the industry in terms of security and data & knowledge sharing. Also the whole "centralization" bit was already mentioned.

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This is essentially what all "blockchain for healthcare" idealists are trying to advocate/accomplish. With buzzwords like "security" & "interoperability" ... Ap

by rambossa 9y ago

saosebastiao 9y ago
I really do not know why a blockchain is necessary. If people have ownership over their own data, all that is really needed is a place to store it and some kind OAuth scheme to access and manage it. I mean, sure, smart contracts on a blockchain could do that, but so could hundreds of other architectures.
- JAFTEM 9y ago
  It's not a matter of what's possible but rather a matter of who has control and access to that data. Do you want a decentralized platform or Apple to protect your records. Fwiw I'm not advocating one way or the other.
- rambossa 9y ago
  Agreed -- I don't think blockchain introduces anything _entirely_ new to any type of application. Blockchain in healthcare goes a lot further than user control/convenience though, and a "holy grail" success would mean complete interoperability across the industry in terms of security and data & knowledge sharing. Also the whole "centralization" bit was already mentioned.