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Blockchain

Synaptic Health Alliance: Our Journey

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Mike Jacobs provides insight into the thinking and approach behind the formation of the Synaptic Health Alliance and a glimpse into the internal operations that are key to running a blockchain alliance in healthcare.

 

Decentralized Provider Directory and Credentialing

Symblock's Brajesh Awasthi shares a demonstration of his company's blockchain-based healthcare provider credentialing and directory platform that is aimed at reducing credentialing time significantly and enabling transparency and trust.
 

An Overview of the Professional Credentials Exchange

Anthony Begando highlights the current landscape for professional credentialing and how the ProCredEx consortium has developed a digital marketplace to streamline these processes.

 

How blockchain can be used to address the COVID-19 crisis

HHS Technology Group President Brett Furst says the pandemic provides a "perfect example" for why the distributed ledger technology was invented.

 

Improving Healthcare Communication Trustworthiness with Diagnotes

Jamie Kurtz discusses the challenges with message integrity in healthcare, outlining new technology solutions that establish the credibility needed to trust the digital communications needed across a care team.