With Anthem announcing their blockchain project, the technology’s mainstream acceptance continues to increase.
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If Bitcoin is considered to be the new generation of financial relations, the blockchain technology on which cryptocurrency is based has now become quite interesting for other essential aspects of our lives, such as music, life sciences and health. Blockchain in the healthcare industry can be used not only for data storage, but as a system which can follow all the patients’ activities from any medical organization. The main principle is to make the system transparent and medical data easily accessible when it’s needed. In addition, such technology and healthcare programs can automatically send prescriptions to the nearest pharmacy. Everything is going to be based on specific smart contracts on the blockchain which only the patient can cryptographically sign. Currently, blockchain healthcare startups are trying to strengthen the platforms from possible hacking attacks.
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by Joeri Cant
Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in the U.S., plans to use blockchain technology to secure medical data for its 40 million members.
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The Afghan government has signed an MoU with blockchain firm FantomOperations to integrate blockchain technology into the country’s healthcare sector.
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by Helen Partz
China’s Zhejiang province processed $5.9 billion via a blockchain medical billing platform using Ant Financial’s blockchain tech.
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by Helen Partz
ConsenSys CSO Sam Cassatt is launching a new blockchain-oriented investment firm, Aligned Capital.
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by Pradeep Goel
Blockchain can help physicians better coordinate health care, letting them put patients back in the center of care.
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SimplyVital Health has received a $225,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to research means of reducing healthcare costs.
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MediConnect has completed the workflow for a PoC designed to track medications through the supply chain.
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Tech startup Nebula Genomics is launching DNA sequencing using blockchain without the need for customers to reveal their personal information.
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A blockchain system for recording and sharing healthcare data has been launched by the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting at which it will discuss its “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” initiative.
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by Helen Partz
Harmony teamed up with a Lithuanian blockchain-powered health app firm to enable fast and secure health data sharing.
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The blockchain technology in healthcare market is expected to see significant growth to surpass $1.6 billion by 2025, according to a recent outlook.
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The Ugandan government has partnered with blockchain startup MediConnect to trace counterfeit drugs in the country.
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Consulting services firm Acumen Research and Consulting has forecast that the global blockchain in healthcare market will reach over $1.7 billion by 2026.
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