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Cloud Computing, IoT Driving Healthcare Digital Transformations

June 15, 2021 - Ninety-three percent of organizations already have a healthcare digital transformation strategy or are in the process of creating one, according to BDO’s Healthcare Digital Transformation Survey.  Additionally, 60 percent of healthcare organizations are adding new digital projects, while 42 percent of organizations are accelerating some...


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Blockchain Helps Keep Healthcare Data Secure for the Homeless

by Samantha McGrail

Technology solutions, including blockchain, can be used to keep crucial healthcare information secure and portable for homeless individuals, according to researchers from Dell Medical School at the...

IBM Launches Blockchain-Powered Digital Health Pass for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

IBM recently developed a blockchain-powered digital health passport platform to allow individuals to store and share their health status while protecting their privacy.  IBM Digital Health Pass...

IBM Blockchain Helps Combat COVID-19 Supply Chain Shortages

by Samantha McGrail

IBM recently launched a blockchain-based network designed to help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify suppliers and address COVID-19 supply chain shortages. The initiative, IBM...

Blockchain Technology Marketplace Expected to Reach $500M by 2022

by Samantha McGrail

Global blockchain technology complements healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) - based marketplace offerings, and is expected to cross $500 million by 2022 at a compound...

Blockchain Technology to Evolve in 4 Phases, Predicts Gartner

by Fred Donovan

Blockchain technology, which is already making an impact in healthcare, will evolve in four phases over the next decade, predicted Gartner. The high-tech research firm advised chief information...

NSF Grants $225K to Integrate Graphene with Nexus Blockchain Protocol

by Fred Donovan

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $225,000 grant to integrate new Graphene technology with SimplyVital Health’s Nexus blockchain protocol. Graphene is a block propagation...

Cumberland Joins MediLedger Project Healthcare Blockchain Scheme

by Fred Donovan

Cumberland, a healthcare consulting and services firm, has joined the MediLedger Project, an initiative of Chronicled to use healthcare blockchain to improve drug supply chain networks. Chronicled is...

Consumers Would Use Blockchain-based Tokens to Control EHR Access

by Fred Donovan

Consumers are willing to use blockchain-based tokens for a variety of applications, including using them to control access to their electronic health records (EHR), according to a survey of 1,000 U.S....

AWS Announces General Availability of Centralized Blockchain Service

by Fred Donovan

Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of its centralized blockchain service, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB). Amazon QLDB is a fully managed service that provides an...

MyCHOP Portal and App Simplifies Adolescent Proxy Process

by Fred Donovan

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) teamed with chief information officers and chief medical officers from other pediatric healthcare organizations to simplify the adolescent proxy process...

IBM, Chainyard Launch Blockchain Network for Supply Chain Management

by Fred Donovan

IBM is teaming with Chainyard to launch a blockchain network to boost supply chain management for pharmaceutical companies, as well as firms in other industries. The new blockchain network, called...

Healthcare Blockchain Could Save Industry $100B Annually by 2025

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare blockchain could save the industry up to $100 billion per year in costs related to IT, operations, support functions, personnel, and health data breaches by 2025, estimated a report by BIS...

ACN Is on Healthcare Blockchain Journey to Ease Admin Burdens

by Fred Donovan

Arizona Care Network (ACN) decided to deploy healthcare blockchain technology to alleviate administrative burdens associated with processing transactions in a secure manner, explained Jami Berger,...

Rensselaer Researchers Use Blockchain to Boost Medical Image Sharing

by Fred Donovan

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a blockchain-based information system for medical image sharing using IBM Hyperledger. The blockchain technology will enable a data...

ACN Diabetes Patients to Use Healthcare Blockchain to Improve Care

by Fred Donovan

Arizona Care Network (ACN) patients with type 2 diabetes will be able to use a healthcare blockchain network to manage their diabetes and optimize care with their physicians and families. The Diabetes...

Healthcare Execs Say Cloud Computing, Other Tech Speeding Innovation

by Fred Donovan

Almost all the healthcare executives surveyed by Accenture said that the pace of innovation in their organization has accelerated over the past three years due to emerging technologies, such cloud...

Austin Group, Dell Medical School Team on Healthcare Blockchain

by Fred Donovan

The Austin Blockchain Collective is teaming with Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin to develop healthcare blockchain applications for better patient outcomes. The two...

AI, Blockchain to Spur Growth in Care Coordination Software Market

by Fred Donovan

Artificial intelligence and blockchain are set to ignite the care coordination software market, predicted Frost & Sullivan in a new report. Aided by these advanced technologies, the market is...

Gustave Roussy Institut, Embleema Team on Healthcare Blockchain

by Fred Donovan

Gustave Roussy Insitut, a Paris-based cancer center, has formed a partnership with Embleema, a New York-based healthcare blockchain network, to develop blockchain health data sharing applications for...