Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending January 15:
IBM Watson, FDA align to boost public health with blockchain
Healthcare IT News ~ Bernie Monegain ~ 11/01/2017
IBM Watson Health and the FDA announced on Wednesday that they would work together on an initiative to create a secure, efficient and scalable exchange of health data using blockchain technology.
UCLA Health reduced transfusions by 20% with clinical decision support, all-electronic bar code scanning
Healthcare IT News ~ John Andrews ~ 11/01/2017
Transitioning from a hybrid electronic-paper format to all-electronic bar code scanning has created tremendous efficiencies and greater patient safety for the blood administration process at UCLA Health, according to nursing informaticist Meg Furukawa.
