Blockchain; it's not just for medical systems

 In recent years, there has been an abundance of research done by applying blockchain to the civilian medicine market. This could be in the back-end or administrative functions with orders, supply chain, and other functions. This has also been applied to medical record systems with recording updates to the patient records. These functions provide, among other benefits, immutability. Once the records and updates are entered into systems, and subsequently into the blocks, these cannot be changed. Someone can't later simply attempt to open a block and change a dosage or other information when it is convenient. As this has been shown to be a viable tool for this use case. A related use is with the military health field. These industries have a commonality with patient records and confidential. Both require patient records to be recorded and not be able to be changed, along with confidentiality. Blockchain provides for this with each block and the encryption each block has. Bruce Doll, Assistant Vice President fo Technology Research and Innovation at the Department of Defenses's Uniformed Services University is focussedon prioritizing blockchain research. In addition, to ensure the data is indeed correct, AI and ML should be leveraged. Other viable uses for this within the military health system include COVID-19 vaccine distribution, credentialing health providers, and many other use cases.