Can Blockchain Improve Healthcare Management? Consumer Medical Electronics and the IoMT

Abstract

We set out to examine the relevance of blockchain technology for healthcare management in general, and for consumer medical electronics and the portable devices connected in particular. After considering the shortcomings of private and centralized organizations for access to patient data in a fist part, we analyze the transformative role of blockchain for the management of electronic health records (EHRs). We evoke the role of public private partnerships for the design of healthcare blockchain strategies, and we address the fast-growing segment of consumer medical electronics and the Internet of Medical Things.