Self-Sovereign Identity for Health Data Wallets

A major pharmaceutical consortium reduced patient recruitment times by 70% and slashed verification costs using a portable identity wallet. Patients control and share verified credentials (medical history, eligibility) with trial sponsors in seconds, eliminating redundant paperwork and manual checks.

• Key Benefit: Accelerated time-to-market for new therapies.
• ROI Driver: Cut per-patient onboarding cost from ~$2,500 to under $800.

A European healthcare alliance built an interoperable identity network allowing patients to securely access services across member states. The blockchain wallet provides a single, verifiable source of identity and consent, compliant with both GDPR and local regulations.

• Key Benefit: Eliminated manual data transfer processes, reducing administrative overhead by an estimated 40%.
• ROI Driver: Enabled new revenue from medical tourism by simplifying access for international patients.

A large hospital network implemented a decentralized identity system for physician credentials. Licenses, certifications, and malpractice insurance are issued as tamper-proof verifiable credentials, automatically updating in the provider's wallet.

• Key Benefit: Reduced the credentialing cycle from 90 days to near-instant verification, accelerating new hire revenue generation.
• ROI Driver: Estimated annual savings of $3.8M in administrative labor and reduced liability from outdated credentials.

A digital health platform gives users a data wallet to aggregate information from wearables and apps. Patients can anonymously license this data to research institutions, receiving micropayments directly. The blockchain ensures auditable consent and provenance.

• Key Benefit: Created a new, patient-centric revenue stream from previously siloed data.
• ROI Driver: Platforms report a 300% increase in high-quality, consented data assets available for licensed research.

An insurer partnered with healthcare providers to issue verifiable attestations of service directly to patient wallets. These cryptographically signed records are submitted with claims, creating an immutable audit trail.

• Key Benefit: Drastically reduced claim disputes and fraudulent billing.
• ROI Driver: Pilot program showed a 25% reduction in claim denial rates and a 15% decrease in adjudication costs.

A children's hospital network uses delegatable identity wallets where guardians can manage and share health data on behalf of dependents. Permissions are granular and time-bound, automatically revoking access when a child ages out or care changes.

• Key Benefit: Improved care continuity and compliance with complex consent laws (e.g., HIPAA, COPPA).
• ROI Driver: Eliminated manual permission management, saving an estimated 1,200 staff hours monthly across the network.

Replace paper-based or fragmented digital consent forms with tamper-proof, auditable smart contracts. Patients grant and revoke access to their health records in real-time, creating a clear chain of custody. This directly reduces administrative overhead for consent management by an estimated 30-50% and provides a verifiable audit trail for HIPAA/GDPR compliance. Example: Estonia's e-Health system uses blockchain to log every access to a patient's record.

Solve the critical bottleneck of patient finding and eligibility verification. With a patient-controlled health wallet, individuals can securely share pre-verified health data with trial sponsors without revealing their full identity. This slashes screening times from weeks to days, reduces drop-out rates, and improves data quality. McKinsey estimates inefficient recruitment costs pharma up to $8 million per day in delayed trials.