Healthcare Innovation June 12, 2019
Karthik Pichai, Industry Voice

With blockchain as a resource, healthcare executives help oncologists make significant strides in the way they diagnose and treat their patients

That approximately four of five hospitals have a basic electronic health record (EHR) system should be alarming for one reason: the one in five hospitals that don’t use it. That means that 20 percent of healthcare providers still rely on manual filing processes that became outdated the moment Lockheed developed an electronic system in the mid-1960s. And this shouldn’t come as a shock. Because when it comes to adopting technology quickly, healthcare organizations are at the back of the pack.

Take blockchain, for example. Despite hitting the mainstream a decade ago, blockchain is just now starting to register on...

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