user19545: For example patients get private key, providers get public key?

user18196: The blockchain is used for more than just storage of data. To store data, all you need is a harddrive of some sort. What kind of things would you like to be able to do with this 'medical blockchain'? 
I think that in general, everything medical would be considered confidential, so even if it could be stored in a blockchain, no one would want to. 

user12983: No. The cost of storing information in decentralized technologies is larger than in centralized.

19545: <p>For example patients get private key, providers get public key?</p>
 18196: <p>The blockchain is used for more than just storage of data. To store data, all you need is a harddrive of some sort. What kind of things would you like to be able to do with this 'medical blockchain'? </p>

<p>I think that in general, everything medical would be considered confidential, so even if it could be stored in a blockchain, no one would want to. </p>
 12983: <p>No. The cost of storing information in decentralized technologies is larger than in centralized.</p>
