Quote from: medcrypto on May 09, 2018, 11:35:26 AM

Thanks, This is what i am trying to understand. Is it really so simple to utilize the blockchain in healthcare specially for the patient data. Are there complexities which either are already taken care of or are not yet understood and not even talked about.
Also considering that this data will be global and each country has different regulations, which would be considered?

Hoping to understand this is due course of this discussion and looking forward for some experts in this field to shed lights on how this is being done currently.

Well, like i said: it's a dual answer.
Easy technically: sure, just find a competent dev and he'll be able to create a blockchain in a matter of weeks
Easy legally: nope, not by a longshot... In a lot of developed countries, the medical secret outweighs even some legal affairs.

Just do the exercise without thinking about blockchain technology... Just imagine if you were uploading data onto a medium like facebook, redit, twitter but you only had an account that was able to post data, but doesn't have the authority to edit or delete data...
Which patient data would you be willing to upload? My initial reaction would be: none... Not even with a signed informed consent from the patient, Not even the initials of your patients, Not even the internal database's private keys (which would be utterly useless without a complete data breach of your hospital),...

Being from the EU myself, i can safely say that even within the EU there would be hardly any data you could ever upload without getting into ethical or legal problems. I mean: at the time i was working in the healthcare field, there were a couple of EU countries that had a law that forbid any patient data to leave the country. You could not rent secure data storage in the US and store encrypted backups of your patient data abroad without opening yourself up to a lot of lawsuits.

I think if you're really going to continue with this plan, it might be best to contact an international law firm with experience in the healthcare business in order to assist you... Nobody on this forum (not even the ones like me, with IT healthcare experience) will be able to give you any foolproof advice.