Change Healthcare announced it had bought the intellectual property and other assets from PokitDok Inc, a platform-as-a-service company for healthcare.
Integrating PokitDok APIs into the network will add new capabilities for digital health, telemedicine and other help with supporting value-based healthcare, Change officials said.
“This acquisition is about practical innovation to create a more connected, transparent and efficient healthcare system where patients control their own information,” said Kris Joshi, Ph.D., executive vice president and president, Network Solutions, Change Healthcare. “As the leader in blockchain for healthcare and with one of the most extensive open API marketplaces available, with PokitDok we are bringing together synergistic assets and technical expertise for delivering additional capabilities to our customers and accelerated value to digital health markets.”
Change Healthcare will incorporate PokitDok’s blockchain use cases as well as DokChain™ technology, expertise, and toolsets to provide even more advanced blockchain capabilities in the Change Healthcare Intelligent Healthcare Network, the company said.
