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⚬Website: https://solve.care

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed

• Medchain: MedChain is creating a new healthcare ecosystem enabling

a secure dApp (Decentralised Application) infrastructure for health

record storage. Some of the features of the platform are to provide up-

to-date information to the customer (patients) including medical test

results, medical history and documentation that patients are entitled

to under HIPAA and EMR guidelines.

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⚬Technology used: Ethereum, Hyperledger

• Etheal: Etheal is a blockchain-based decentralised medical profes-

sional’s reputation platform. It is creating a global network of vetted

and reviewed physicians to provide simple, secure and cost-effective

access to patients globally. The mission is to use AI and blockchain to

show the best medical treatment in any country for anyone globally

with safety, service and cost in mind.

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⚬Website: https://etheal.com/

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⚬Technology used: Ethereum

Monetising patient data

Finally, it is high time that big corporates and businesses, with a high

amount of wealth, share some financial benefits with the customers for mak-

ing money through their data. Blockchain has provided the technology and

enablement to make it happen. In the following section, we will go through

some of the current use cases of how end users can be monetised by corpo-

rates sharing their personal data but also having full control of their data.

• Betterpath: Betterpath provides a blockchain platform and software

to enable EHR and data sharing.

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed

• Citizen health: Citizen health is a society with an aim to provide

affordable and better healthcare options to the citizens in need. It uses

blockchain technology to connect physicians and patients directly and

incentivise the patients to pursue healthy lifestyles.

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⚬Website: https://citizenhealth.io

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed

• CoverUS: CoverUS uses blockchain technology to secure all its data.

It uses blockchain technology to help users to monetise their data by

giving consent to share it.

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⚬Website: https://coverus.health

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⚬Technology used: Undisclosed

• MediChain: MediChain uses blockchain to help patients store their

own medical data locally and have full control of it. MediChain aim

is to give its users full control of their data and allow them to share it

anonymously with scientists working to develop treatments and cures.