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Blockchain footprint

Multiple major telecom providers have initiated and now even using block-

chain technology for internal as well as externally for their customers. AT&T,

T-Mobile, Telefonica, China Mobile and Verizon are some of the major play-

ers that are using blockchain (combined with the Internet of things [IoT]/AI

technologies) for supply chain, customer solutions, security, privacy etc.

Healthcare

Healthcare in simple terms is caring for human health through providing

diagnostics, prevention and treatment of diseases, illness, injury and also

physical and mental impairments.

It is one of the main necessities of human beings.

Through continuous scientific improvements, inventions and technology

disruption in the healthcare sector, the human average living age has increased.

Blockchain footprint

There are hundreds of start-ups and corporates that have launched POC/

minimum viable product (MVP) and have gone live with useable products

using blockchain. In this section, we will go through some of them.

Healthcare data or EHR

Blockchain is one of the technologies that has been an enabler and continuously

provides a disruption to the healthcare sector. One of the use cases is how to

provide transparency and simplicity and make it more secure when it comes to

confidential data. It has also become more important and critical now to com-

ply with the regulations like Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

Act (HIPPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), etc.

• Humanscape: Humanscape is a blockchain-based health data plat-

form to make health data sharing more secure and simple. This plat-

form’s aim is to help increase the sharing of diagnostic and research

data that would accelerate treatment and reduce the occurrence of

disease.

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⚬Website: https://humanscape.io/en/index.html

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed

• Azaad health: Azaad Health provides a Blockchain-based online

HIPAA-compliant platform to allow healthcare providers and patients

to share medical information securely and with confidence.

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⚬Website: https://www.azaadhealth.com

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed