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@ahcastor @davidgerard "the entire hard part...is digital identity that is usable by ordinary humans. It turns out that replacing a social construct with a computer program is difficult." The only promising medical-records projects use SSI to bridge this usability gap, and don't overpromise decentralznPermalink On twitter.com
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@ahcastor @davidgerard to wit, blockchain is only used to publicize breadcrumbs for discovery and to have shared timestamping of records you still pay a HIPAA-bound 3rd party to centralize/host/recover/etc. SSI is the framework of making control of that access more usable.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ahcastor @davidgerard But these projects (some of which are quietly, shoestringedly in production btw) are hamstrung by the same insurance-favoring BS laws and regs that make compliance impossible for anyone except huge players. The problem is 99% legal/economic and 1% social, I'd say.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ahcastor @davidgerard Anyways, I'm no expert, but I do know one (@agropper ) who you could talk to if you wanted to know more about the various SSI-powered efforts to pry control of medical records away from the hyperlobbying cartels, excuse me, insurance companies that got us here:On twitter.com
