blockchain data

Open Health launches PatientSphere feature for patients to monetize health data

By Laura Lovett 02:15 pm November 28, 2018

Users of the digital health platform Open Health Network are now getting a chance to cash in on their health data with the platform’s new feature, called PatientSphere. The new feature employs blockchain technology to let patients monetize their health data. The idea is to connect companies or research institutions with folks who fit the criteria they need for different studies or analytics....

IBM Watson and FDA collaborate to explore the use of blockchain data in population health management

By Heather Mack 02:42 am January 11, 2017

IBM Watson Health has announced a joint initiative with the US Food and Drug Administration to study the use of blockchain technology to share health data to ultimately improve public health. At first, the two-year collaboration will focus on oncology data, pulling together and exchanging data from a variety of sources including that from clinical trials, genomic data, EMRs, and from...