Healthcare Informatics October 25, 2018
At a healthcare modernization event this week, health IT thought leaders weighed in on where things stand regarding blockchain’s push into healthcare
Although there are still more questions than answers regarding the impact that blockchain technology will have on healthcare, many health IT experts remain convinced of its promise.
One of these “bullish on blockchain” folks is John Halamka, M.D., CIO of Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess System. Halamka, who is the editor of the Blockchain in Healthcare Today journal, launched earlier this year, frequently mentions the Gartner Hype Cycle—known for representing the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies—when discussing the latest and greatest health IT applications. Just where exactly blockchain— a distributed ledger that it is durable, time-stamped,...
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