Becker's Healthcare March 18, 2019
Nearly everywhere you turn in healthcare today, artificial intelligence and blockchain are two emerging health IT technologies that are coming into their own and getting more and more attention—especially when it comes to solving problems and delivering financial and clinical ROI.
Here are insights from six health IT thought leaders about what the future might hold for these technologies:
Lynn Carroll. Chief of Strategy & Operations of HSBlox: With a single source of truth that reduces errors and the need for reconciliation, blockchain can simultaneously address patient privacy concerns and care continuum data-sharing needs. The use of private permissioned ledgers—where only stakeholders with permission are granted access to patient data—places patients at the center of the data exchange and...