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IBM Is Issuing A Token On The Stellar Blockchain
According to Forbes, IBM has decided to issue a token called “Verde” in partnership with carbon credits startup Veridium Labs Ltd. The token will be issued on the stellar blockchain. The purpose of the token is to give companies that pollute the environment a way to offset the damage by supporting a patch of Indonesian […] More
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Blockchain: Opportunities For Healthcare
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform health care, placing the patient at the center of the health care ecosystem and increasing the security, privacy, and interoperability of health data. This technology could provide a new model for health information exchanges (HIE) by making electronic medical records more efficient, disintermediated, and secure. While it is […] More
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Blockchain Is Good For Your Health, And Your Business
Blockchain is a potential game-changer to business however there is no clear and easy route to adoption. There are still several challenges, including a lack of common technical standards, transaction speeds, verification processes and data limits, which are still being resolved. In a sensitive industry like healthcare, government and regulatory approval is a must to […] More
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Blockchain: Taking the Genius of Financial Tracking into the Electronic Health Record Environment on a Global Basis
Abstract: Blockchain technology developed in 2008 as part of a proposal for the Bitcoin virtual currency system—eschewing a central authority for issuing currency, transferring ownership, and confirming transactions.1 Before understanding its value for the goal of accurate, auditable, and easy of accessing medical record data on a global basis while still maintaining the security desired and mandated […] More
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How Blockchain Can Empower Patients
When people become involved with healthcare systems, they often feel out of control. They feel as though the control over what happens to them is in the hands of a system that is hard to understand and navigate. They may not feel as though they can ask questions, or they may find it difficult to […] More
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What Is Blockchain Technology?
Few people understand what it is, but Wall Street banks, IT organizations, and consultants are buzzing about blockchain technology. It’s hard to remove blockchain from Bitcoin, so we’ll start with Bitcoin as we work to understand this technology’s potential. WHERE IS THIS DATA COMING FROM? Bitcoin. Blockchain. Cryptocurrencies. Initial coin offerings. Everyone’s talking about them, but what […] More
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Ukraine Drafts Law to Exempt Crypto Income and Profits from Taxation
A bill has been submitted to the Ukrainian parliament to amend the country’s tax code to exempt cryptocurrency income and profits from taxation, including from buying, selling, transacting, and mining. The head of the Committee on Tax and Customs Policy of the parliament of Ukraine, Nina Yuzhanina, submitted a bill to the parliament to amend […] More
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Blockchain’s Authentication Dilemma
While blockchain, the decentralized ledger technology, enjoys strong interest in the financial industry, it is also enjoying a recent wave of interest from nonfinancial firms. Aided by a strong commercialization push by Microsoft and IBM, blockchain deployments are taking root in industries as varied as the global shipping trade and pharmaceutical distribution and sales. The […] More
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Singapore Might Be Southeast Asia’s First Cashless Society
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is right to push for a cashless society in Singapore as a top national priority. I remember one coffee meeting with an official from the Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) earlier this year. We were discussing what would be the best approach to turning Singapore into a cashless [...] -
Bitcoin May Be Losing Value, But Don’t Freak Out (Yet)
Back in the early days of the internet, there were a ton of companies all trying to figure out the most important question any American can ask: How do I make money off of this? Of course, many of them failed, and failed spectacularly. But some of the survivors of the Dot Com Bubble ended [...] -
Blockchain Will Link Payer, Provider, Patient Data Like Never Before
The next big healthcare technology innovation will increase transparency and save money. Blockchain is poised to become the next big healthcare innovation, and both insurance and provider organizations see real value in it. The technology that began with Bitcoin in 2009 promises to provide the safe, interoperable sharing of real-time data between providers, payers and [...] -
Comcast Is Planning To Use Blockchain Technology For Data Sharing
Comcast will formally launch a blockchain-powered tool in 2018 to help companies share their data with each other. The Blockchain Insights Platform is meant to ease the often clunky and nerve-wracking process of data sharing. Because of these challenges, companies that would benefit from sharing their data with each other often don’t. “Today, when you [...]
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