Security

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.