- Securing Healthcare Records using Blockchain Technology
Report · 10 April 2019
The modern day methods used to record as well as share patient related data are deeply flawed. These shortcomings limit the amount of access patients have to their clinical records, reduce…
- Why Blockchain Technology Is Important for Healthcare Professionals
Report · 24 July 2017
Blockchain technology is a system of creating an immutable, secure, distributed database of transactions. Blockchains were initially created to provide a distributed ledger of financial transactions…
- Overcoming Rural Health Care Barriers through Innovative Wireless Health Technologies
Speech · 23 June 2010
This testimony, submitted by Darrell West, Vice President of the Brookings Institution, to the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 2010, identifies wireless health technologies as the key to…
- The US lacks health information technologies to stop COVID-19 epidemic
Blog · 13 March 2020
This article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the requirements for health information technology, emphasizing that data interoperability is no longer just a medical luxury…
- How surveillance technology powered South Korea’s COVID-19 response
Report · 28 April 2020
South Korea has been widely praised for its use of technology in containing the coronavirus, and that praise has, at times, generated a sense of mystique, suggesting that Korea has developed…
- How the tech sector can protect personal data post-Roe
Report · 26 October 2022
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer, journalists and privacy advocates alike quickly sounded the alarm about the potential for prosecutors to use…