Major U.S. healthcare companies have formed an alliance to trial blockchain solutions in order to improve data quality and reduce costs, U.S. weekly news outlet Modern Healthcare reports Monday, Dec. 3.
The Synaptic Health Alliance group consists of Humana (NYSE:HUM), Multiplan, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH)'s Optum, UnitedHealthcare, Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX), and has recently been joined by Ascension — the largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S. according to Modern Healthcare — and CVS Health-Aetna, which has an estimated 22 million of members.