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Blockchain technology has proven its worth in financial markets; another use may be for patients to securely own, control, and share their own healthcare data. Comment: Instead of patient data stored on different electronic medical records, an alternative would be for clinics and hospitals to have blockchain data readers which (with patient permission) will allow them to temporarily access an individuals medical data. Once the patient left the clinic and/or hospital, access to the private data would be revoked. J Med Syst. 2016 Oct;40(10):218    (retrieved Sep, 2016). There are currently 1090 pearls in the database. While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, mistakes can and do occur. Use databank at your own risk. All pearls © 2024 by the Internet Medical Association. Click Here to view more medical pearls.