healthcare.digital September 23, 2018
Michael Walker

Leading healthcare organisations are leveraging the game-changing power of the Internet of Things and blockchain to improve patient outcomes and optimise internal operations.

Individually, and more importantly when combined, IoT and blockchain — especially when paired with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — provide even more possibilities for healthcare.

The maturity level of IoT is well ahead of blockchain. Variations of the IoT model — using numerous data-collecting sensors to gather real-time information — have been used for years in the manufacturing and utility industries.

What’s new for healthcare is the term Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT), which refers to a connected infrastructure of devices and software applications that can communicate with various healthcare IT systems.

Many healthcare organisations...

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