Case Study: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improves public health data collection with IBM Blockchain and IBM Cloud

Leveraging innovative technologies to improve the health of the American people

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wanted to expand its public health data collection by using electronic health records (EHRs), but faced major challenges around privacy, data permissions, and security. IBM worked with CDC using IBM Blockchain technology and the IBM Cloud to help create a secure, encrypted ledger for collecting EHR data while meeting regulatory requirements.

With IBM Blockchain and IBM Cloud, CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics began exploring a safer way to capture and use new data sources for deeper public health insights. The solution improved CDC’s ability to tap into EHRs without compromising data security, though the case study does not provide specific numerical results.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Askari Rizvi

CTO