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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Patientory Launches Healthcare’s First Crypto-Token To Deliver Blockchain-Based Patient Care Model
Patientory.com, a provider of blockchain solutions for healthcare has announced the launch of their token sale offering - healthcare's first crypto-token. Patientory’s vision is to create a token that will allow healthcare providers to not only rent health information storage space, and to execute health specific smart contract payments and transactions, but also be rewarded through a compensation model for improving quality of care. Patientory is enabling early supporters to secure PTY, the
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Could Blockchain Technology Be the Answer to Health IT Interoperability?
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership and industry relations — with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the VP of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere Systems.It’s no exaggeration to say that our EHR systems’ lack of interoperability is the single strongest barrier to
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Hashed Health Lands $1.8M in Funding
Hashed Health, a healthcare technology consortium building blockchain solutions and supporting blockchain network development has raised $1.8 million in funding led by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital. Founded in 2016, the Nashville, TN-based company provides value-added services such as product management, product development, regulatory guidance, and technology support services for blockchain solutions and blockchain networks.For most healthcare organizations, Blockchain technology will be
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Healthcare API Platform PokitDok Lands Strategic Investment from McKesson Ventures
McKesson Ventures has made an strategic investment in healthcare API platform startup PokitDok . The financial details of the strategic investment were not disclosed. PokitDok believes the relationship with McKession Ventures will help foster productive innovation in healthcare interoperability. Tom Rodgers, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at McKesson Ventures will join PokitDok as a board observer. “McKesson is an established provider of enterprise-level healthcare data
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