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1BlockchainForHealthDataandItsPotentialUseinHealthITandHealthCareRelatedResearchLaureA.LinnMarthaB.Koo,M.D.laure.linn@yahoo.comm.koo2@me.comI.IntroductionItisaveryexcitingtimeforhealthcareandinformationtechnology(IT).Duetoimprovementsingeneticresearchandtheadvancementofprecisionmedicine,healthcareiswitnessinganinnovativeapproachtodiseasepreventionandtreatmentthatincorporatesanindividualpatient’sgeneticmakeup,lifestyleandenvironment.Simultaneously,ITadvancementhasproducedlargedatabasesofhealthinformation,providedtoolstotrackhealthdataandengagedindividualsmoreintheirownhealthcare.CombiningtheseadvancementsinhealthcareandinformationtechnologywouldfostertransformativechangeinthefieldofhealthIT.TheAmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentActrequiredallpublicandprivatehealthcareproviderstoadoptelectronicmedicalrecords(E