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[ad_2][ad_1] Blockchain can still be an emerging technology, but very similar to the Internet, its promise to destroy industries is the topic of greedy conversation. The attraction of the blockchain lies in its ability to decentralize and encrypt transactions. Blockchains are also designed for huge volumes of disparate data. Health …

[ad_2][ad_1] By Jennifer Bresnick December 20, 2018 – The impending holiday season is no reason for healthcare companies to slow down their strategic plans, according to 3M, M * Modal, Change Healthcare, and PokitDok. All the companies are shifting positions – in the final days of 2018 as a challenging, …

[ad_2][ad_1] HealthL & # 39; IT remains a very attractive investment sector, despite concerns over the fact that these companies are overvalued, according to KPMG-Leavitt Partners 2019 Investment Outlook, a survey on health investment professionals . Looking at 2019, more than a third of respondents (34 percent) said they were …

[ad_2][ad_1] The health services company owned by McKesson, Change Healthcare, is buying startup blockchain assets for an undisclosed sum. Change Healthcare announced the purchase of PokitDok on Tuesday following a CNBC report according to which the health IT service provider was discussing to acquire the specialized health care blockchain company. …

[ad_2][ad_1] Since the blockchain technology has emerged, it has been hypothesized that there were many more cases of use than serving as the place where cryptographic transactions were possible. After the emergence of Ethereum, developers began to focus more on the blockchain itself. Soon, it turned out that this technology …

[ad_2][ad_1] Change Healthcare has increased its bet on blockchain technology by announcing the acquisition of PokitDok technologies. The deal, announced Tuesday morning, includes the "intellectual property and other key resources" of PokitDok, a platform-as-service company that is considered one of the first to apply blockchain technology in the area of …

[ad_2][ad_1] Change Healthcare, a majority-owned health company by McKesson, has been developed for intellectual property and other assets from PokitDok, a startup focused on bringing blockchain to the healthcare world. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Through the acquisition, it aims to boost its Intelligent Healthcare Network, …

[ad_2][ad_1] According to IDC, 20 percent of health organizations will use blockchain by 2020. So should the healthcare space startups use it now? Well, not necessarily. While many digital health startups they are putting the blockchain to good usefor others it could be premature or even a stranger. "I think …

[ad_2][ad_1] McKesson's Change Healthcare is close to buying PokitDok, a company that is best known for being among the first to apply blockchain technology to the healthcare industry. Change, a health technology company largely controlled by the medical distribution giant McKesson, was in talks at the last stage to buy …

[ad_2][ad_1] The excitement surrounding the possibilities of blockchain for corporate IT has focused mainly on financial services. However, the health blockchain could also provide solutions to the IT challenges faced by healthcare organizations and consumers. There are several challenges in the health sector that blockchain could help, including barriers to …