Analyzing the Prospects of Blockchain in Healthcare Industry
Table 3
Blockchain in healthcare.
S. no.
Name of company/organization
Purpose
Year of launch
1.
Medical chain
This is considered as the first healthcare company which made use of blockchain technology for storage and utilization of [13].
2016
2.
Medrec
Its purpose is to save time, money, and duplication of procedures between various stakeholders of health system with the help of blockchain [14].
2016
3.
Nano vision
Integrating AI with blockchain to collect molecular level data on Nano tokens was the purpose of Nano vision [15].
2018
4.
Gem
It aimed at giving authority to patients over their medical records and genomic data through blockchain technology [16].
2016
5.
Simply vital health
The purpose is to empower the providers and patients to access, share, and move their healthcare data with the help of blockchain technology [17].
2017
6.
Tierion
Data storage and verification of data is done through this blockchain based startup [18].
2015
7.
Guardtime
Security of patient healthcare data is achieved through this system based on blockchain technology [19].
2008
8.
Cyph
The main aim is to ensure a protected communication and secure digital identities between different stakeholders of healthcare system [20].
2017
9.
Blockchain health
A blockchain-based system for medical research management [7].
2016
10.
Hashed health
Tries to increase transparency and accessibility of the credentials in health sector. Using professional credentials exchange, the verification of credentials and track record of all health professionals can be done by any member of the chain [21].
