Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) today announced Mark Wilcox, product manager of Data Solutions, will share insights on Blockchain technology and its potential impact on healthcare solutions at the Mid-Atlantic Society of Healthcare Materials Management (MASHMM) meeting.
In his presentation entitled, “Exploring Potential Impacts of Blockchain Technology to Healthcare,” Wilcox will provide an overview of Blockchain, explain some of the technology’s unique benefits, explore how Blockchain can be used in healthcare and offer real-life examples of where Blockchain is being applied in healthcare today.
“Blockchain is one of today’s most talked-about technologies, but questions persist about Blockchain’s potential to deliver healthcare benefits, including reduced costs,” said Wilcox. “GHX’s session will help demystify Blockchain and discuss, in real-world terms, ways healthcare organizations are beginning to deploy this technology in areas such as track and trace, token curated registries and identity management to streamline processes, reduce costs and better serve the patient.”
Date & Time: Friday, January 18, 2019, 9 AM ET
Location: Doordan Institute Conference Center at Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis, MD
About GHX
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using its world-class cloud-based supply chain technology platform. GHX brings together healthcare providers, manufacturers and distributors in North America, and Europe, who rely on proven healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate business processes and make more informed, timely and fact-based decisions. Solutions span procurement and accounts payable automation, contract and inventory management, vendor credentialing and management, business intelligence, payment management and other supply chain-related tools and services. For more information, visit www.ghx.com and The Healthcare Hub.