Healthcare Data Privacy and Ownership

Sun, Oct 2, 2022, 12:00 AM

Data is one of the best tools we have for fighting the Covid-19 outbreak, but health data — like consumer data — is held in silos in many different companies and institutions. And while third parties can track, trade, and negotiate that data, the people who create it, are often cut out of the deal. Blockchain can be used to solve these issues, by putting individuals in control of their data, which would be encrypted - ensuring privacy - and stored in a distributed network that no entity owned.