The current approach for implementing Electronic Health Records (EHR) is failing. The global expenditure for EHR will exceed $33.4 billion per year by 2025 for an approach that does not empower patients, alienates and frustrates physicians, and is prohibitively expensive. Developing nations cannot afford to implement the current, enterprise-based EHR systems, and it is economically unsustainable for the few advanced countries that have implemented it widely.

The Universal Health Information Network (UNHIN) is taking a fresh approach to solve this problem, applying decentralized computing, including blockchain technology to establish an open, secure and universally available network for collecting, securing and managing health information. It overcomes the numerous challenges and high costs related to managing health information to transform the way Electronic Health Records (EHR) are implemented. It empowers patients and physicians, reduces physician overheads, reduces costs, makes EHR available globally to all geographical regions and economic levels, and provides managed access to health information that does not exist today. It facilitates advancing healthcare globally, providing improved outcomes, and services that are not possible with current infrastructure and technology.

The UNHIN implements a custom, healthcare focused blockchain protocol that allows patients to own, manage and control their health information and maintains anonymity of healthcare transactions. It takes a unique approach that implements an open network at a universal scale that allows anyone to participate in it while keeping their information completely secure. It does this by applying cryptography, decentralized computing and blockchain technology to implement data protection and security levels that far exceed prevalent technology and policy standards such as HIPAA. Furthermore, it applies blockchain to create its own community driven economy that incentivizes people and healthcare organizations to participate in the network.