As part of an IDC European
survey, 290 healthcare organizations responded to questions about blockchain. The results indicate a low blockchain penetration. 44% of respondents had never heard of blockchain before. It’s only on the radar for 12% of the organizations.
23% had no clear understanding of blockchain’s impact, and 21% who do appreciate how blockchain could be used, have no plans to implement it. 8% or two-thirds of the remaining 12% are in the process of identifying use cases. 2% of the overall respondents are developing pilots. 1% have a blockchain project in production and less than 1% have multiple production initiatives.
The top three use cases identified by the IDC were transaction agreement, identity management and shared records management. Of these, 9% either already are using (1%) or plan to (8%) adopt transaction agreements within the next 12 months. The identity use case had the most in production projects at 2% with a further 6% planning adoption within 12 months. Shared records management had the most responses for no plans to use it (5%), although 1% are already live and a further 5% intend to roll out within the year.
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