Blockchain technology is increasingly been mentioned as a tool to assist with various aspects of containing the coronavirus outbreak. Could the use of blockchain in the health care industry help to prevent future pandemics?
Main issues in healthcare
- Non-optimal data management
- Underreporting
- Political complications
- Lack of innovation in healthcare systems
Blockchain use cases
- Record management: single source of information
- Blockchain healthcare surveillance system
- Tracking infectious disease outbreaks
- Management crisis situations
- Securing medical supply chains
- Prevent zoonotic diseases
- China and blockchain
- HashLog
- IBM Food Trust