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Interest in Healthcare Blockchain Increases for Interoperability

Healthcare blockchain shows promise for EHR interoperability as interest in the technology continues to grow.

Healthcare blockchain for interoperability

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By Elizabeth O'Dowd

- Organizations are increasingly aware of healthcare blockchain and are actively looking into deploying the technology, according to a recent Black Book Survey.

Researchers polled 88 healthcare payers and 276 providers, technology executives, managers and IT specialists. Nineteen percent of hospital executives and 76 percent of surveyed payers are in the process of or are considering deploying some kind of blockchain solution.

Healthcare IT executives have a better understanding of blockchain, the survey showed. The potential security benefits also make blockchain appealing for organizations, prompting them to take an interest in the technology over the last quarter.