Blockchain in Healthcare: 2023 Predictions from Around the Globe
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https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v6.245Keywords:
blockchain predictions, blockchain in healthcare, blockchain technology, metahealth, blockchain and non-fungible tokens, self-sovereign identity, consumerization of healthcare, metaverse, healthcare metaverse, health data marketplace, digital twins, SWDD, healthcare data, data privacy, cross border healthcareAbstract
While the past 50 years have been categorized as the Information or Digital Age, the mass amounts of digitized data has been sorely underutilized. It was only recently through the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated efforts were sought to harness this data with the use of blockchain technology in healthcare. Through the infrastructure and its tokenization applications, we can now effectively leverage healthcare data into more efficient business processes, secure better patient engagement and outcomes all while generating new revenue streams for an array of healthcare stakeholders. It is in compiling this stockpiled data into new, compliant business models and utilizing blockchain technology that we can reap the full potential of this era. Here are some predictions as to how we might set about these efforts in 2023.
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