“Blockchain in Healthcare Code-A-Thon” Witnesses Government Participation
Blockchain in Healthcare Code-A-Thon, an initiative of the Chamber of Digital Commerce and US Department of Health and Human Services to promote cryptocurrency technology in the healthcare sector. The use of Bitcoin’s underlying technology across various industry segments doesn’t need any introduction. But the active participation of government institutions in promoting the implementation of distributed ledger technology deserves to be acknowledged. The US Department of Health and Human Services is working with the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group with some of the....
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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....
Hashed Health, a new collaborative healthcare innovation company, has announced a major partnership with Martin Ventures, a global leader in healthcare and technology initiative investment. Its mission is to bring together leading healthcare enterprises in order to advance distributed ledger solutions that address the unique issues and regulatory regimes of the healthcare industry. In a keynote address at Distributed: Health in Nashville, Tennessee, Hashed Health COO Corey Todaro told an audience of healthcare industry and blockchain specialists about the company’s multi-pronged approach.....
First blockchain came to help fintech, but can it also solve problems associated with healthcare? A government-supported code-a-thon aims to find out. Jointly hosted by blockchain advocacy group Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for the US Department of Health and Human Services, the event will hand out prizes ranging from $500 to $5,000 to coders who develop the best distributed ledger applications aimed at major US healthcare issues. Applicants for the 14th–15th March event – to be held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC – are....
While Fintech has had most of the limelight when it comes to controlling the future revolutionary applications of blockchain technology, there are still several massive industries ripe for disruption that will potentially be able to use blockchain for their business models. In an effort to jump-start that process in the healthcare industry, Philips has launched a “blockchain lab” to explore the potential usage of the blockchain in connected healthcare. In their headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Philips will be offering a dedicated space for Philips IT experts, healthcare....