Planetary health focuses on the association between climate change and human health. Recently, blockchain (web3) technologies have been used by many studies to assess planetary health. In a recent ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced the winners of its “Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-related Research Challenge.” Most commonly ...

The evolving relationship between blockchain tech and the health sector has already been thoroughly documented, yet something that's received less attention is the increasing role blockchains are set ...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will explore how blockchain technology can improve the security and integrity of health IT applications ...

Healthcare stakeholders are increasingly questioning whether blockchain holds the answer to secure sharing of patient medical records. However, with research just beginning, there’s a lot left to ...

Blockchain "is not meant to wipe out existing legacy systems," said Maria Palombini, director of communities and initiatives development at the IEEE Standards Association. In most cases, the idea is ...

Health information exchange is probably that one thing that keeps hindering healthcare IT. The challenges are in data security and privacy, as well as in multiple operational inefficiencies, which ...

JACKSON, Wyo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Galvan, a leading health and wellness company in the Web3 space, today announced the launch of its blockchain dedicated to health and wellness. The “Galvan Blockchain” ...

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 ...