Health Care Blog January 19, 2022
You may have seen the news that Kaiser Permanente has signed on to be an organizing member of Graphite Health, joining SSM Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and Intermountain Healthcare. Graphite Health, in case you missed its October launch announcement, is “a member-led company intent on transforming digital health care to improve patient outcomes and lower costs,” focusing on health care interoperability.
That’s all very encouraging, but I’m wondering why it isn’t a DAO. In fact, I’m wondering why there aren’t more DAOs in healthcare generally.
For those of you not yet on the Web3/crypto bandwagon, a DAO is a “decentralized autonomous organization.” Cointelegraph defines DAOs as “internet-native organizations collectively owned and managed by their members…Decisions are made via proposals...