An Atlanta-based app uses blockchain to make it easier for patients to access their health information

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Atlanta-based app Patientory is trying to improve the global, multibillion-dollar health records system. With Patientory, patients can access their health information—from scans and x-rays to forms and prescriptions—from anywhere. It’s powered with blockchain, the same technology that spurred Bitcoin. After Patientory won the SEMDA (Southeastern Medical Device Association Conference) PitchRound competition last year, Forbes featured the company and its CEO, Chrissa McFarlane. It’s available now to healthcare companies, and will be offered to individuals soon.

This article appears in our July 2018 issue.