Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending October 10:
Blockchain pilot to test its use in revenue cycle
Health Data Management ~ Fred Bazzoli ~ 05/10/2016
A platform to enable the use of blockchain technology in healthcare has been introduced, with an initial pilot project testing its use in the revenue cycle.
Low health literacy a potential hurdle to consumer HIT adoption
Fiercehealthcare ~ Susan D Hall ~ 06/10/2016
Low health literacy may pose a barrier to adoption of health IT, as well as perceptions of ease of use and usefulness of such tools, new research out of the University of Texas at Austin finds.
