Hyperledger Launches Blockchain Working Group for Healthcare

Hyperledger Launches Blockchain Working Group for Healthcare

Hyperledger today announced the formation of a new working group focused on blockchain applications in the healthcare space. Unveiled at the Distributed: Health blockchain conference in Tennessee, the working group is composed of healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente; tech giant IBM; professional services firm Accenture; and startups Gem and Hashed Health. As a starting point, according to Hyperledger executive director Brian Behlendorf, the group will turn to a collection of over 70 proposals submitted to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a recent competition....


Related News

Hyperledger Blockchain Project Announces ‘Technical Working Group China’ Following Strong Interest

The Hyperledger Project, a cross-industry collaborative effort to study, develop and implement open-source blockchain solutions and standards has set up a working group as an extended arm in China. The move to establish the group follows strong interest amid an increase in member numbers in the country. Announced this week, the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger Project revealed that over 25% of Hyperledger members – of which there are more than a hundred on last count – are from mainland China. As a result, the open-source consortium has announced the Technical Working Group China (TWG....

The Hyperledger Blockchain Project adds 8 New Members

Hyperledger, the open-source enterprise blockchain consortium led by the Linux Foundation has announced the addition of eight new members to its working group. The latest members include enterprise software giant CA Technologies; blockchain startup Factom Foundation; healthcare blockchain developers Hashed Health; Korean IT services provider Koscom; foreign exchange and digital assets trading & wallet app Lykke; supply chain blockchain developer LedgerDomain and; Switzerland-based telecommunications firm Swisscom. The San Francisco-based cross-industry blockchain consortium announced....

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....

Hyperledger to Address International Trade Standards Body

Leading members of the Hyperledger blockchain project are scheduled to address the European branch of the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC) next week. To be held at London Metropolitan University on Thursday, the public event is the latest effort by ISITC's newly formed Blockchain DLT Working Group to lay the foundation for a global effort to standardize distributed ledger technology. Co-chair of the ISITC Blockchain Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Working Group, Gary Wright, told CoinDesk the academic lecture is intended to give his....

Tierion and Philips Bring Blockchain Technology To Healthcare Sector

Blockchain technology is an exciting field right now, as multiple companies and institutions all over the world are working on projects to harness this innovative protocol. Tierion, a company specializing in collecting data and recording it in the blockchain, recently announced the completion of their first project with the Philips Healthcare group. At the time of publication, not too many details regarding the partnership between Tierion and Philips Healthcare group were made available to the public. According to a tweet sent out by the official Tierion Twitter account, the first joint....