Managed Healthcare Executive December 2, 2019
Blockchain technology may not be the panacea for healthcare industry challenges, but it holds the potential to save billions of dollars by optimizing current workflows and disintermediating some high-cost gatekeepers, according to a new study.
The study, “Global Blockchain Technology Market in the Healthcare Industry, 2018-2022,” from Frost & Sullivan, analyzed the current vendor landscape, funding trends, and actual commercial adoption by key healthcare stakeholders globally. Frost & Sullivan’s research team analyzed more than 250 vendors to understand their blockchain products, solutions, projects, functional, and application focus for the healthcare industry. To estimate blockchain commercial market size and future projection, a global analysis of current commercial deployments, major industry collaboration (consortium/working groups) on pilot projects, and funding trends were undertaken....