ISSN: 2642-6250
Authors: Skrocki M*
Patient-generated health data (PGHD), is a term encompassing all forms of data that patients provide on their own. The custodian of the Electronic Medical Record is the person who has been designated responsible for the care, custody, and control of the health record for such persons or institutions that prepare and maintain records of healthcare. The official custodian or designee should be authorized to certify records and supervise all inspections and copying or duplication of records. Authentication is an attestation that something, such as a medical record, is genuine. The purpose of authentication is to show authorship and assign responsibility for an act, event, condition, opinion, or diagnosis. Every entry in the health record should be authenticated and traceable to the author of the entry. If Patient Generated Health Data is used to diagnose or treat patients, will it meet the authentication and traceable requirements for the medical record? Is Block chain the savior to meeting such requirements?
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