Healthcare IT News November 6, 2018
PwC’s research is the latest evidence to suggest that now is the time to start blockchain projects or risk falling behind competitors that transform their operations with distributed digital ledger technology.
Blockchain has gained more traction than it might appear. That’s the top takeaway from a new PwC report, whose most telling statistic is that 49 percent of global healthcare companies are already undertaking blockchain initiatives.
WHY IT MATTERS
That finding might be something of a surprise, but PwC is not alone in saying that blockchain is coming and hospitals and systems need to prepare now.
Earlier this year, in fact, both Gartner and IDC shared their own advice about blockchain. Gartner noted that CIOs should consider blockchain or risk...