Becker's Healthcare August 29, 2018
Financial services may be the leading industry adopting blockchain, but executives also see promise in industries like healthcare, according to a PwC survey.
In recent years, industry and government stakeholders have supported efforts to use blockchain, a permanent and shared ledger of online transactions or exchanges, to streamline healthcare operations. Unlike a traditional database that is centrally located and maintained by one party, a blockchain record is shared among a network of users.
To investigate attitudes toward blockchain adoption across industries, consulting and audit firm PwC polled 600 executives from various industries worldwide. Most respondents — 84 percent — said their organizations have at least some involvement with blockchain technology, although only 15 percent are live...
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