Five leading health care organizations – Humana, MultiPlan, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum and UnitedHealthcare, announced that they are launching a healthcare blockchain pilot program applying blockchain technology to improve data quality and reduce administrative costs associated with changes to health care provider demographic data, a critical, complex and difficult issue facing organizations across the health care system.The companies will explore how the technology could
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Nokia Launches Healthcare Blockchain Pilot to Share Personal Health Data Via Wearable Smartwatch
In October, communication giant Nokia and OP Financial Group, one of the largest financial services group in Finland has teamed up to launch a new healthcare blockchain pilot project, according to a recent Nokia blog post. The healthcare blockchain pilot will focus on giving consumers secure control over their personal health data including how it is shared, accessed and used powered by blockchain technology. Healthcare Blockchain Pilot DetailsThe first blockchain pilot will begin with an
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Illinois, Hashed Healthcare Launch Healthcare Blockchain Pilot Program to Streamline Medical Credential Data
The Illinois Blockchain Initiative has launched a new healthcare blockchain pilot program with Hashed Health, to leverage blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The new pilot program with healthcare blockchain-focused innovation company Hashed Healthcare will focus on will leveraging a blockchain-based registry to streamline the sharing of medical credential data and smart contracts to automate workflow related to multistate and interstate licensure in Illinois.“Illinois is committed to
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