Healthcare IT Today May 20, 2022
A midwestern health system is partnering with a university to build a blockchain-based app focused on rewarding patients for complying with their regimen. Among the key goals of the project is to see whether the app can provide the rewards while still meeting consumer privacy and protection laws.
The project is being conducted jointly by two Illinois-based organizations, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and OSF HealthCare, a health system that operates 15 hospitals and employs almost 24,000 people.
The two are conducting their research through the Jump ARCHES program, which was established in 2014 to provide grants to engineers and physicians working together to combat problems in the realm of health care.
The current round of grants addresses projects such...
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