blockchain

Embleema surfaces from stealth, uses blockchain to link patient data to researchers
By Laura Lovett | 02:38 pm | July 17, 2018
Blockchain is in vogue this year in the healthcare space as innovators find new uses for the technology, which makes information easy to verify and difficult to falsify.
Walmart submitted patent for blockchain, wearable, biometric scanner-based EHR system
By Dave Muoio | 05:50 pm | June 19, 2018
Walmart’s ongoing investigation of blockchain technologies seems to have intersected with its growing interest in joining the healthcare space, according to a patent application released earlier this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Optum, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, others launch blockchain pilot
By Susan Morse | 05:30 pm | April 04, 2018
Five healthcare organizations including insurers UnitedHealthcare and Humana, Optum, Quest Diagnostics, and MultiPlan are launching a blockchain pilot to help payers tackle mandated provider directories.
OncoPower uses blockchain, cryptocurrency to help users manage cancer
By Laura Lovett | 04:59 pm | March 19, 2018
Correction: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect funding amount received by OncoPower.
Digital health trends and predictions for 2018, part 1
By Jonah Comstock | 05:14 pm | January 19, 2018
In 2018, both social and technological trends will drive the transformation of healthcare.
IBM Watson and FDA collaborate to explore the use of blockchain data in population health management
By Heather Mack | 03:42 am | January 11, 2017
IBM Watson Health has announced a joint initiative with the US Food and Drug Administration to study the use of blockchain technology to share health data to ultimately improve public health.