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CEO Raja Sharif says FarmaTrust is using blockchain to ensure greater data integrity in areas such as AI, analytics and regulatory reporting, which can increase public confidence in the use of data.
Watch the stream of the event's first day in its entirety, with discussions on hot topics including blockchain, cybersecurity and patient advocacy.
Medicalchain is using distributed ledger technology to enable patients to find all their medical data in one place, says SVP of Operations Wael Alkhalidi.
HIMSS Director of Informatics Mari Greenberger says blockchain as a tool, not a goal, can help rid redundancy, time and money that it takes to solve problems.
Wende Hutton, general partner at Canaan Partners, says that while there is room for improvement in transparency and patient identification, there's also the potential for blockchain to be corrupted.
The new platform gives patients tokens for showing up to appointments, answering surveys and completing other health-related activities.
The company will be listing its shares on the Nasdaq exchange, and has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as its underwriters.
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