Becker's Healthcare November 26, 2019
For blockchain to be successful in healthcare, it needs to scale. This is why collaborations have been created between major healthcare organizations to grow the technology.
In April 2018, five healthcare giants — Humana, MultiPlan, Quest Diagnostics, UnitedHealthcare Group and Optum, launched the Synaptic Health Alliance, a pilot program using blockchain to ensure health plan provider directors include up-to-date physician information.
Since then, St. Louis-based Ascension and Aetna have joined the project.
Mike Jacobs is a technology fellow and senior vice president of engineering at Optum. Below, he discusses what Synaptic Health Alliance is doing to push blockchain forward in healthcare.
Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
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