Not long ago, blockchain technology captured the imagination — and the wallets — of financial services firms that sought a “first-mover” advantage by integrating it into their outdated management ...

Blockchain’s perceived value seems to be wavering with significant polarity. While recently adopted use cases like VMware's Blockchain Group and MEF's implementation of smart contracts are giving it ...

Interest in using blockchain technology in the health care sector continues to increase. Most recently, a federal agency is asking for white papers on the use of blockchain technology in the health ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford have successfully demonstrated how problem-solving techniques used in ...

Electronic health records are vital for the health care industry, as they enable better patient care and improved outcomes. However, current methods of storing and sharing this data are not secure or ...

The considerable hype around blockchain is starting to be tempered by enterprises earning practical experience and identifying worthwhile use cases for the technology. Most of the buzz around ...

Yesterday Embleema, a healthcare blockchain startup that lets patients share their data with stakeholders, announced that it landed $3.7 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by ...

Blockchain startup Avaneer Health scored $50 million in seed funding from large healthcare industry players. Its first network participants include insurers Aetna, Anthem and Health Care Service ...

The new funding comes from founding network participants including Aetna, Anthem, Cleveland Clinic, Health Care Service Corporation, PNC Financial and Sentara Healthcare, according to Avaneer Health.

Developed countries spend a good chunk of their gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare. However, hospital costs continue to mount, along with inefficient practices and health data breaches are ...

Josh Schoeller, senior vice president and general manager at health IT risk solutions company LexisNexis Health Care in Alpharetta, Ga., discusses the potential advancements blockchain can deliver to ...

“Blockchain” truly is the buzzword of 2018. In February this year Reuters reported that companies who added “blockchain” to their name experienced a temporary boost in share price, and it’s being ...