How Blockchain Can Help Healthcare Organizations Overcome Cybersecurity Challenges

For healthcare organizations to deliver care effectively, they need a seamless flow of patient information from one provider or department to the next. This swift transfer of patient data exacerbates cybersecurity challenges in healthcare, but it also highlights the question of data sovereignty.

In healthcare, blockchain has a number of promising applications; the technology can allow patients to feel more comfortable sharing their healthcare data outside of their provider or organization because all information is secured through a decentralized, immutable record.

Instead of hackers having to access a single source of information to steal data on a multitude of individuals, blockchain-backed data requires criminals to hack an encryption key for each patient record they hope to steal. This feature alone carries the potential to stop major breaches in their tracks and start a new era of healthcare security.