Healthcare Informatics October 22, 2018
Blockchain technology is generating a lot of interest and excitement in healthcare because of its potential to improve transparency, relieve administrative burdens and reduce costly waste within the system. However, there are also those within the industry that caution about the realistic prospects for the adoption of blockchain technologies in U.S. healthcare as well as the challenges of implementing this still-emergent technology.
In August, a Deloitte survey found that most global executives see great value in blockchain’s potential to reinvent processes across the business value chain, while there is interest and investment in a wide range of use cases. The research revealed that 74 percent of all respondents reported that their organizations see a “compelling business case” for the use...