Blockchain Interoperability in Healthcare Industry
The digital counterpart of the patient’s paper chart is commonly known as “Electronic Health Record”-EHR. EHRs are patient-centered records in real-time that provide information for authorized users immediately and securely. EHR systems are constructed to go beyond conventional clinical data gathering and provide a wider perspective for patient care.
EHRs are a crucial component of IT health and can:
1 Include patient history, diagnosis, medicines, treatment plans, vaccination dates, allergies, radiological imaging, laboratory findings, and test results.
2 Allow the proof-based methods physicians may utilize for deciding the treatment of a patient.
3 Provide transparent information available in a structured manner which lowers the clinical errors and administrative costs.
EHR Interoperability
The lack of access to medical records has been recognized as a barrier to transparent and efficient treatment for patients for a long time. While systems with electronic health records (EHR) assist in resolving this problem to an extent, many of these systems are heterogeneous and exhibit minimal interoperability within platforms, and demonstrate varying success integrating into clinical
