Toronto-based research hospital University Health Network (UHN) is working with IBM, eHealth Ontario, and the Blockchain Research Institute on a blockchain health records platform.
Health systems are complex, and the diverse network of caregivers makes it challenging to share patient data. On the other hand, patients have little visibility over how and with whom their data is shared. The UHN is leveraging blockchain to enable secure sharing of health data, controlled by patients and based on individual consent.
“It’s difficult for patients to have a unified view of all of their data, of all of the providers who sit in different places, in different organizations,” said David Wiljer, UHN’s executive director of Education Technology Innovation told The Star.
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