What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?

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Posted By: Roberta Mullin November 14, 2018

Keeping up with technologies that are changing how healthcare is delivered.

Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare?  Once written as two words, block chain, now is known as blockchain. But what is it? Why is everyone talking about it? And how can it help healthcare? Stay tuned as we search for answers and report regularly as this technology integrates itself into healthcare. Read more of our posts on Blockchain.

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The Tate Chronicles

Tune in to HealthcareNOW Radio, weekdays at 11:30am ET, The Tate Chronicles with host Jim Tate. Jim is on the search for disruptive technologies that will change healthcare. His first series of episodes will focus on blockchain in healthcare. In this episode, Jim’s guest is Charles Aunger, CTO and an Advisory Board Member to Health2047. Previously, he served as senior executive director of IT at Stanford Health Care. Prior to that, Charles was a Senior Vice President at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

News, Resources, & Noted

Oracle Unveils Business-Ready Blockchain Applications
To help customers increase trust and provide agility in transactions across their business networks, Oracle (@Oracle) has launched Oracle Blockchain Applications Cloud. The new suite of use-case-specific SaaS applications enhance traceability and transparency throughout the supply chain. Oracle Blockchain Applications are built with Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service and seamlessly connect with Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud, Oracle Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) Cloud and other Oracle Cloud Applications.

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HealthData Answers
Distributed Health Conference in Nashville Delivers on Blockchain in Healthcare – By Don Fortner, CEO and Founder, Valsurity – After attending four Blockchain in Healthcare focused conferences this year, the best one for me so far is the recent Distributed Health Conference held November 5th and 6th at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over 700 registrants attended this well-run event full of relevant content, engaging and well qualified speakers and panels. This was its third year.

A Pragmatic Solution to a Major Interoperability Problem: Using Blockchain for the Nationwide Patient Index
Associating the health-related records and transactions of patients with their numerous “identities” as they interact with different healthcare providers, payers, pharmacy benefit managers and other entities is an expensive and complex problem. With many years of experience addressing this issue in different healthcare systems and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), it is apparent that there is now a compelling and relatively straightforward technical solution for this problem. Presented here is a broadly feasible and technically compelling argument for a blockchain-based approach to addressing these issues. At the same time, challenges ahead and potential strategies to address them are discussed. Read the full article.

Forbes
How Blockchain Is Transforming Health Care – Originally developed for cryptocurrency in 2008, blockchain allows a distributed network of computers to keep a tamper-proof digital ledger. The technology, however, is useful whenever collaborating parties have competing interests that require a third-party guarantor. Large health care organizations have been remarkably quick to adopt blockchain.

Events

Blockchain and Healthcare: The Coming Disruption

Blockchain technology is a foundational disruptive electronic force that came to fruition and was birthed during the global economic crisis of 2008/2009. Blockchain’s first breath was taken on January 3, 2009 with the generation of the aptly named Genesis Block.

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Who We Read
  • Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY), is an open access online, peer review journal where thought leaders and innovators converge to find solutions in a new health technology sector.
  • Founded in 2015, Blockchain News has the goal of educating and informing those curious about Blockchain.
  • From the Blockchain Unleashed: IBM Blockchain Blog, the Blockchain in Healthcare category.
  • Investing News: Blockchain – BIS Research estimates the global blockchain healthcare market will reach $5.61 billion by 2025. A good reason to know who the players are. Here is their intro article.