Blockchain offers a path to patient-controlled wellness data beyond traditional EHR systems
By
Dr. Meg Montañez Davenport, BCHN Sun May 31
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Summary
The article discusses how traditional electronic health record (EHR) systems prioritize billing and institutional workflows over patient control and data sovereignty. It argues that blockchain technology offers a structural shift toward user-controlled, verifiable wellness data, capturing what EHRs cannot—continuous, user-directed, and cross-disciplinary wellness activities like coaching, integrative therapies, and behavioral interventions.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledHealthcare data was never designed for patient sovereignty.
The modern electronic health record (EHR) system prioritizes billing, compliance, and institutional workflows—not individual control, transparency, or continuity of care.
Blockchain introduces a structural shift: from institution-owned records to user-controlled, verifiable data.
Blockchain-anchored systems extend beyond the EHR by capturing what the EHR cannot: continuous, user-directed, and cross-disciplinary wellness activity.
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