Solve.Care, Estonia-based healthcare IT startup that’s developed a blockchain platform for coordination, administration, and payments of healthcare, announced integration with ridesharing provider Lyft. The integration will give patients and providers more options and control over non-emergency medical transportation through their Care.Wallet app.Care.Wallet App Integration with LyftCare.Wallet users will be able to schedule their own Lyft rides to doctors’ offices, hospitals, and pharmacies,
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Healthcare Blockchain Apps
Healthcare Blockchain Developer Embleema Nabs $3.7M to Develop Blockchain Apps for Patients
Healthcare-blockchain developer, Embleema has raised $3.7M in Series A funding round, led by strategic partner Pharmagest, a leading pharmacy software group in Europe, and Techstars. The funds will serve to accelerate the joint development of blockchain-based applications for patients and pharmacies, and further Embleema’s commercial deployment. CEO Robert Chu left his role as Senior Vice President, Global Technology Solutions at IMS Health to start Embleema in June 2017 and is supported by a
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HSBlox’s Blockchain Advances Clinical Trial Sample Management with Increased Visibility,
HSBlox, a technology company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Digital Sample Manager (DSM) solution, which leverages blockchain technology (distributed ledger technology or DLT) to bring improved visibility, transparency and tracking to the chain of custody in clinical trials. The solution provides end-to-end sample tracking and real-time status updates to all chain of custody entities.Advancing Clinical Trial
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HSBlox Unveils Healthcare Blockchain Referral Management Solution
HSBlox, a technology company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Advanced Referral Manager (ARM) solution, which utilizes blockchain technology to automate the referral administration process, resulting in decreased network leakage, time and money savings for payers and providers, and enhanced patient care.Current market challenges reveal high costs and manual processes associated with referral administration,
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Mayo Clinic to Explore Use Cases of Blockchain-based EHRs
Medicalchain, a UK-based startup using blockchain technology to secure store EHRs securely has signed a joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic to explore the value of blockchain in healthcare. As part of the joint development agreement, both organizations will work together to develop use cases utilizing blockchain-based EHRs. This agreement comes after months of discussions between Mayo Clinic and Medicalchain on the potential benefits blockchain technology can bring to
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GHX and Hashed Health Partner on Healthcare Blockchain Solutions for Supply Chain
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC(GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company, announced today that it is partnering with Hashed Health, a leader in blockchain innovation for healthcare. As part of the partnership, the companies will collaborate on blockchain and distributed ledger innovation projects for the healthcare supply chain. GHX and Hashed Health share an interest in using blockchain technologies to solve unmet needs across healthcare. Blockchain is widely believed to have
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Mint Health Unveils White Paper for Vidamint Tokens
MintHealth, a global decentralized health platform with a portable, secure, and self-sovereign personal health record (PHR) built on blockchain technology and designed to drive healthy patient behavior through the Vidamint™ token. MintHealth announces the immediate availability of the associated white paper behind a planned Vidamint (VIDA) token sale in Q1 of 2018. The company also announces the addition of Wyche “Tee” Green, III, founder and director of Greenway Health™, to the MintHealth Board
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup BurstIQ Files Patent Application for Mobile Cryptocurrency Wallet
BurstIQ, Inc., a HIPAA-compliant healthcare blockchain data record integration and security company has filed provisional patent applications covering uses of blockchain to enable mobile cryptocurrency wallets. The patent applications incorporate the IP of both BurstIQ’s proprietary blockchain machine intelligence platform and proprietary eWallet technology and payment platform by partner Unified Signal. Once granted, these new patents will expand BurstIQ’s intellectual property portfolio and
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Curisium Raises $3.5M to Facilitate Patient-Centric Contracting
Curisium, a Manhattan Beach, CA-based healthcare blockchain startup has raised $3.5 million in seed funding from Flare Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Shuttle Fund, Sanofi Ventures, and Green Bay Ventures. Founded by Peter Kim and Francis Lam, Curisium's healthcare blockchain-based platform eanable payers, providers, and life science companies to efficiently and securely engage in innovative, patient-centric value-based contracts. Nearly a third of the payments in the $3T US
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Health Wizz Launches Blockchain-Powered Mobile Platform for Patients to Organize Their Medical Record Data
Health Wizz has announced it's token pre-sale and the launch of it's new mobile platform that leverages blockchain, mobile technologies and data management to help consumers aggregate and organize their medical record data, then use the blockchain to securely access and share their data. As consumers gain greater awareness, they have greater expectations. They expect to be in control of their health and their health data and this includes the ability to access their health information anytime,
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