Patient privacy and use of medical data for research are two sides of the same coin. Thoughts on the need for better privacy protections while accelerating medical research.

Part I starts with an overview of consistent extraction and representation of 'meaning' in medical records - semantic normalization

I earlier described how blockchains could be used in healthcare in an ideal world. However, healthcare blockchain use poses many challenges in the real world, which I discuss here.

In part 1, I describe the potential benefits of blockchains in healthcare - such as data sharing for emergency medical use. In part 2, I will talk about real world challenges.