Gem Launches Blockchain Healthcare Network, Partners with Philips
With the announcement of Gem Health, Gem is continuing their impressive growth in delivering blockchain platforms for smart networks. Gem has always made it clear that they consider healthcare to be an attractive target for their solutions. With this announcement they have taken a large step towards building a “blockchain network for global healthcare.” The goal is for the group to build a data infrastructure capable of supporting worldwide connectivity for healthcare. Gem has signaled that this will include a community driven educational element. The group also plans to lean on Ethereum....
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Gem, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions, launched Gem Health, a network for developing applications and shared infrastructure for healthcare powered by the Ethereum blockchain, and announced that Philips Blockchain Lab, a research and development center of healthcare giant Philips, is the first major healthcare operator to join the Gem Health network. Gem Health is a blockchain network for the global community of companies and individuals that take part in the continuum of care. The company intends to leverage blockchain technology to address the trade-off between patient....
Health care giant Philips has officially launched the Philips Blockchain Lab, a research and development center located in Amsterdam and focused on the emerging technology. In a post on its website, Philips said that the lab follows six months of exploratory research, and that the goal of the effort is to unite the company's IT experts, healthcare professionals and blockchain developers to continue this progress. Philips indicated that it is seeking collaborators and developers to conduct projects, offering a form on the website where users can subscribe to a newsletter or voice their....
Blockchain tech specialist Gem officially launched Gem Health today, an initiative aimed at promoting collaboration in the healthcare space centered on the emerging technology. As part of the announcement, Gem unveiled its first partner on the effort, Philips, which will assist Gem as it seeks to build out a private Ethereum blockchain for use in the development of enterprise healthcare applications. In interview, Gem CEO Micah Winkelspecht described the effort as a way to encourage the healthcare industry to explore the potential benefits blockchain could have in the creation of wellness....
The founder and head of Philips Blockchain Lab is leaving the healthcare giant effective 1st August for new opportunities in the blockchain sector. Arno Laeven, who led a 12-person internal team which investigated how blockchain tech could be applied to healthcare, said he will be departing for "new adventures" in the industry, but declined additional comment. Laeven was formerly global IT innovation lead, before founding the Philips Blockchain Lab in January. Laeven will be succeeded by Patrick van Beers, senior director of digital platform solutions at Philips Research. The....