Blockchain Is Good for Your Health

Healthcare is one of the world’s largest industries, making up between 10 and 20 percent of the GDP of most developed nations. Too little of this money is actually going to patients, however, due to the inefficiencies, errors, bureaucracy, and high administrative costs in the healthcare sector.

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New Impact Ledger to Raise Awareness of Blockchain Projects for Social Good

The Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA) has received a six-figure grant from the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF) to build its latest project known as The Impact Ledger, an online registry of blockchain projects designed to assist in the public, nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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BTC Inc’s ‘Distributed: Health’ Conference Is Back, Will Focus on Blockchain Advancement in Healthcare

Nashville, Tennessee, will witness the resurrection of “Distributed: Health,” the original blockchain and healthcare conference that will be on Nov. 5 and 6. BTC Inc. is organizing the event in partnership with Hashed Health, which is designed to bring health care and blockchain technology closer.

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AT&T Dives Into Blockchain Solutions With Microsoft Azure, IBM Blockchain

Internet and phone giant AT&T has designed a set of blockchain solutions compatible with both IBM and Microsoft technology to help customers reduce risks and costs and solve other complex business problems.

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BlockMedx selects CryptoCurve as front-end wallet integration partner

BlockMedx, a blockchain company in pharma tech that provides payment-based incentives for patient health, has announced a partnership with CryptoCurve, a leading innovator in wallet technology that is building front-end applications for the next generation of blockchain platforms,.

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IBM/MIT Connection Science Issue Report on the Role of Blockchain in Government

On September 24, 2018, MIT Connection Science and IBM issued a 41-page joint report on the results of three roundtable discussions on the role of Blockchain in government.

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NHCT ICO

NHCT is a total health management platform that is built on the philosophy of preventive rather than reactive medical care`. It uses blockchain to counter systemic and technological issues that plague healthcare of today like high costs, data fragmentation & data security.

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Walmart’s New Blockchain System To Reshape $1.5 Trillion Food Industry

Two Fortune 100 companies have teamed up to drastically alter the $1. 5 trillion food industry by leveraging blockchain technology. Walmart, the largest U. S. company, announced on Monday that it will require suppliers to install blockchain systems by September 2019 to track food items from farm to table and prevent E.

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Everything You Need to Know About Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake

Health Advisor and crypto enthusiast Denise Quirk shares her insights into the blockchain technology, providing detailed explanation of Proof of Work (PoW) and the Proof of Stake (PoS) systems. The post Everything You Need to Know About Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Blockchain to Let Patients Profit From their Personal Data

Health data is fragmented; generated by and kept in separate inefficient systems. A blockchain startup is trying to solve this problem and - while at it - addresses the current issues of the DNA testing industry.

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R3's CordaCon Event Sees Big News, Packed Talks and Blockchain Converts

R3's annual Corda event appeared to be in rude health this year, with packed presentations and some notable news announcements.

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Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Answers Community Questions in Surprise AMA

Before traveling to South Korea, IOHK and Cardano cofounder Charles Hoskinson hosted a surprise AMA for the Cardano community. During the two-hour long session, Hoskinson answered questions about his health and lifestyle, along with some pressing questions about Cardano.

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The Health Benefits of Blockchain Technology

How NULS and Prism make a perfect partnership.

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Blockchain Being Used to Save Lives Amidst Opioid Epidemic

A growing number of start-ups and larger companies have begun to experiment with blockchain’s utility for solving public health crises — like the opioid epidemic in the United States. Cryptocurrencies have had a testy relationship with some law enforcement figures in the United States, who see popular forms like Bitcoin as a scapegoat for an ongoing opioid crisis.

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Lympo Runs into Lithuanian Marathon to Reward Participants with Crypto Tokens

Up to 70 percent of European adults are overweight, according to the World Health Organization. Lympo is aiming to change that with the introduction of its new app, which incentives users to live a more active lifestyle by rewarding LYM tokens for completing activities.

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ALLIVE ICO

ALLIVE is an intelligent healthcare ecosystem based on blockchain technology. It is comprised of three modules: Olife builds a self-perfecting profile of individual's health data, Olivia acts as an artificial intelligent general doctor, and Oleaf creates a comprehensive healthcare service system.

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IBM Doubles Down On Blockchain To Improve Security Of Personal Health Records

Is IBM positioning itself to be a leader in blockchain technology? Of course it is.

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IBM Makes Another Blockchain Identity Play With Health Data App

IBM is working with Hu-manity.co, whose Android and IOS mobile app gives users a title of ownership, akin to a property deed, for their personal data.

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Former Estonian PM Joins Blockchain Startup as Chairman of Supervisory Board

Former Estonian PM Taavi Rõivas became chief of the supervisory board at blockchain startup Lympo. The company revolves around a sports and health ecosystem.

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Taiwan Hospital Initiates A Blockchain Record Storage Platform

The Taipei Medical University Hospital has become the latest in an increasing number of medical institutions to implement blockchain technology for improved storage of medical records. According to a local media outlet Taipei Times, more than 100 community-based health centers collaborated on the project with the aim of giving patients easier access to their medical […]

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Top 5 Cryptocurrency projects in Healthcare

  Docademic (MTC): The Docademic Coin marries the blockchain technology with science with the aim of providing free and quality healthcare to people. The project enables the transfer of information by using blockchain as a trustworthy platform for accessing information relating to health.

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Nebula Genomics ICO

Nebula Genomics is a biomedical, blockchain platform for sharing, analyzing and storing genomic health data. Consumers can monetize their data while keeping total control of it. Data buyers can access specific genomic data, run computations and get answers quickly and efficiently.

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World Bank and Australia's Largest Bank Issue First Global Blockchain Bond

The World Bank and Australia's largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, have issued a public bond exclusively through the blockchain. The $100 million AUD ($73.

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Blockchain Startup TimiHealth Partners with First Vitals for State of Hawaii

The blockchain-based company Timicoin announced its partnership with First Vitals as of August 17, 2018. In a world where demands from our health care providers have increased, many are turning to blockchain technology to maintain their edge.

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Healthcare Provider First Vitals Partners With Blockchain Health Platform Timicoin

Blockchain for healthcare start-up Timicoin (also dubbed TimiHealth) just announced a partnership with Hawaii-based health provider First Vitals. Timicoin aims to make health-care data more accessible and transparent.

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VeChain Announces Blockchain Vaccine Tracing Solution to Aid in Chinese Health Crisis

A recent vaccine crisis in China is leading government officials to consider turning to blockchain company VeChain for support. News first spread in July that hundreds of thousands of Chinese children had received defective vaccines manufactured by a Chinese drug company, causing citizens to cast blame on the government for not providing sufficient oversight to… The post VeChain Announces Blockchain Vaccine Tracing Solution to Aid in Chinese Health Crisis appeared first on UNHASHED.

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Blockchain Firm HEX Innovation to Tackle Healthcare Information Systems in South Korea

On August 13, 2018, HEX Innovation, a blockchain-based platform designed to help individuals manage their health information, partnered with The Korea Association of Regional Public Hospital (KARPH) and TPLUS to grow the blockchain-based medical information industry.

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Crypto Startup Taps Larry King in Shared Effort to Combat Climate Change

In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels .

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Stem Cell Coin ICO (SCC Token): Blockchain Healthcare Medical Project?

Health is perhaps the most vital aspect of human life. However, in this era of industrialization, the toxic fumes that emanate from factories have caused a significant increase in the prevalence of lifestyle diseases.

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XAYA Blockchain Gaming Platform Poised to Revolutionize the World of Blockchain Gaming

Distributed ledger technology is changing the face of industries globally, from finance to health care down to the gaming ecosystem. Valued at more than $100 billion, the global video game industry is continuously evolving, and XAYA blockchain project is now occupying the frontline.

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Blockchain technology poised to bring revolutionary changes to eSports

eSports today “Gaming seems to be getting the acknowledgment of being, arguably, the world’s favorite pastime” In the eight months following its release in March 2017, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, one of the world’s most popular gaming titles, made $712 million, indicative of eSports robust growth and strong health, as well as its potential to continue developing […]

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Australian Veterinary Association Looks To Blockchain For Improving Livestock Conditions

Amidst the adoption of blockchain technology in virtually all works of life, such as finance, health, technology, agriculture and the likes. The veterinary association around the world, are buying into the blockchain technology, claiming that livestock is exporting and report, could be enhanced through the use of the technology. The buttress the point, the Australian […]

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ATLANTICO Network ICO (ATL Token): Blockchain Medical Health Services?

What Is ATLANTICO? According to its official website, Atlantico network is a decentralized insurance, medical, and pharmaceutical platform that functions on the blockchain system. It organizes secure and remote interactions in the pharmaceutical and medical products and services.

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AllSporter ICO

AllSporter is a marketplace for the sports enthusiasts, letting its members book training or rent equipment in a peer-to-peer model. AllSporter gives all users the possibility to share their sports gear, skills or data and earn by doing so, in a decentralised and secure way.

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How Blockchain Promotes International Trade, Identity and Financial Inclusion

International trade, people without identity and financial exclusion are global development areas that stand to be radically improved with blockchain technology, according to Michelle Chivunga, regional advisor for the British Blockchain Association.

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Trustroot And MedChain Partner For Blockchain Electronic Health Records Security

Trustroot and MedChain partnered to create a health record platform. The former platform is a blockchain security protocol, the latter an electronic health platform. The partnership is aimed to protect patient records by preventing fraud, phishing attacks, and cyber threats.

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MedChain partners with Trustroot to secure blockchain health records

MedChain, a blockchain electronic health record platform today informed of a new partnership with Trustroot, a blockchain security protocol. With the high rate of fraudulent activity happening within the blockchain community, the addition of.

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US health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies

Finding ways to link health care data in a secure and confidential way. PopTika/Shutterstock.com Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University The sprawling U.S. health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to properly care for patients. These records are scattered […]

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Acero Health’s XpandACC To Use Blockchain For Shared Insurance Benefit Accumulators

Acero Health Technologies has announced the adoption of a new innovative use of Blockchain technology within its existing XpandACC™ product. XpandACC is a proven, in-production solution that serves as a single source of accumulator truth for multiple adjudication systems (e.

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Embleema Launches Public Beta of Personal Health Records Blockchain

Embleema, a Delaware company, emerged from stealth and launched the public beta of its HIPAA-compliant, personal health records blockchain after one year of research and development, the company said on Tuesday.

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ALLCARE ICO

ALLCARE is a decentralized benefits platform powered by the ALLCARE token (ALCR). Alternative workers, by being a member of the ALLCARE platform, will get a core benefits plan that includes basic health and life insurance coverage.

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Korean Blockchain Association Gives 12 Local Cryptocurrency Exchanges Clean Bill of Health, Insurance on the Horizon

In a bid to improve the security level and general standards of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, after a series of hacks and heists rattled the local cryptospace, the Korean Blockchain Association (KBA) formulated a set of stringent guidelines that would govern exchanges and crypto-related projects in the state.

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Promoted: The Future of Online Shopping Is Powered by Spl.yt — A Decentralized E-Commerce Protocol

As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba.

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Effective Management of Chronic Conditions Can Save Lives Worldwide

Medicine adherence technologies can help national health services curb the rise of chronic diseases The latest research shows that… The post Effective Management of Chronic Conditions Can Save Lives Worldwide appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Mit-Ra ICO (MTA Token): Blockchain Water Crisis Ai-Mit Health Project?

Only 2. 5% of the Earth is covered in drinkable and usable water. About two-thirds of the water is locked up in the Arctic and cannot be accessed. The biggest concern by 2030 is that the crisis of water shortage will hit the world.

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Blockchain In Medicine Around The Corner, Says International Journal Of Health Geographics

Researchers analyzed the large number of blockchain-related medicine and healthcare studies that were published last month and concluded that blockchain could soon reshape the worldwide sector.

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EyeGlob ICO (EYE Token): Vision Health Care Tools & Information?

Eyglob wants to create an ecosystem that will consist of professional and social networks that will be used for customized eye care for all. The blockchain and smart contracts will make it possible to conduct contractual and health data management.

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Helix3 ICO (HLX Token): Blockchain Health Rewards Platform?

The modern health landscape is quite fragmented. There are various medical systems, fitness and activity-tracking devices, and an expanding list of connected products. All of these collect data and store it in central repositories.

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LifeCODE.ai Blockchain Health Databank Launched By WuXi NextCODE

A fully integrated contract genomics organization (CGO), WuXi NextCODE, has unveiled the world's first blockchain-enabled health databank — LifeCODE. ai. The launch was done alongside the user mobile application, LaiYin Tribe available on both Apple app store and Android platform,  at the 2018 TechCrunch Summit in Hangzhou, China.

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