Estonia

Electronic Health Record Security in Estonia

Estonia

Estonia has long proclaimed itself as the first country to fully embrace blockchain technology, and its use of the technology in healthcare presents a compelling role model for other national authorities to consider. This is one of the thousand digital services that Estonia provides in its e-Estonia program. This is first and foremost a security solution, protecting the authenticity of electronic health records, and managing access to the records, while keeping patient data and personally identifiable information (PII) off the blockchain. 

Digital Identity in Estonia

Estonia

Let's quickly set the record straight, Estonia does not use blockchain for digital identity. Estonia is on the cutting edge of digital government, and its adoption of blockchain is probably one of the most advanced in the world; but, not it doesn't use blockchain for digital identity. In a great bit of investigative sleuthing, which included conversations with Estonia's CIO, Dave Birch set the record straight in an article published in March 2017.