How blockchain will affect healthcare in the next 5 years

Becker's Hospital Review

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Leland Brewster, strategic investing director at healthcare advisory services firm Healthbox in Chicago, discusses the use of blockchain to put patients in control of their own data as well as his predictions on the technology’s imminent shifting area of focus in healthcare.

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Question: Where is blockchain in healthcare now and how will it develop in 2019?