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3 Ways That Blockchain Can Help the Healthcare Industry Focus More on Patient Care and Less on Administrative Headaches

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The healthcare industry has unique data management needs as it deals with patient information that is sensitive, personal, and confidential. However, this data is often stored and spread across different facilities and...more

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Blockchain: A Tool With a Future in Healthcare

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Blockchain technology originated in 1991, and was conceived as a secure way to timestamp digital documents akin to how a notary timestamps physical documents. The true value lies in the fact that once stamped, the document...more

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HIMSS19 Kicks-Off Addressing Leading Topics in Healthcare Information Technology

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) kicked-off its annual global conference this week in Orlando, Florida, addressing leading topics in healthcare information technology. Over 45,000 healthcare and...more

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HIMMS19 Conference – Blockchain Symposium Recap

The first day of the HIMSS19 conference featured a day long blockchain symposium focusing on “How Blockchain Technology Brings Value to Healthcare.” The room was packed. The morning presentations included an overview of...more

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How Blockchain Technology Brings Value to Healthcare

Blockchain applications for healthcare have garnered significant attention recently. For example, as we recently blogged, five major healthcare companies – Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics, and UnitedHealthcare –...more

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The Synaptic Health Alliance: A Look at how Blockchain Technology Could Improve Provider Data Quality

In 2018, five major healthcare companies – Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics, and UnitedHealthcare – formed the Synaptic Health Alliance (the “Alliance”) to explore how blockchain technology could resolve current...more

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Not just for crypto – How blockchain technology will affect medical devices

Most people are familiar with blockchain technology because of its use in cryptocurrency, but its use is going to be far more widespread than just as a ledger for digital currency. As explained in a previous blog post,...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #2

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FBI Issues Flash Alert on Apache Struts Vulnerability - The Apache Struts vulnerability has been mentioned frequently in the media over the past month, as it is believed to have been involved in one of the largest and most...more

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Is Blockchain Technology the Solution to Health Care's Data Woes?

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Many experts believe blockchain technology will drive innovation in health information and that it has the potential to solve critical health care issues, including interoperability, security, records management and data...more

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Digital Currencies and Blockchain in the Medical Arena

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Recently, digital currencies, such as bitcoin, have greatly increased in popularity. Some of this popularity may be attributed to digital currencies’ many purported advantages over traditional currencies, such as that...more

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