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Why healthbank needs blockchain
healthbank’s core mission is the neutrality in managing personal health data – we believe that a lack of neutrality is one of the key reasons why national eHealth initiatives are
What is more important for users to manage health data: convenience or trust?
“Have you ever read through general terms & conditions when you download a new health app or register for a new account?” Even so you might feel a little bit
Episode 3 – This is why privacy matters in digital health
By Karsten Stampa, COO / CFO of healthbank In part two of my blog post series I discussed how people voluntarily share sensitive health information in a public network like
Episode 2 – This is why privacy matters in digital health
By Karsten Stampa, COO / CFO of healthbank In the first part of this blog post, I explained how people’s data is being used by giants like Google and Facebook
Episode 1 – This is why privacy matters in digital health
By Karsten Stampa, COO / CFO of healthbank “Who am I that people or companies might be interested in my very own personal data?” is one of the most
Hack events: value creating or a fancy gathering for innovators? (by Margot Vanfleteren)
Every day again there`s a hack event. But do they deliver value? Where hack events, in the beginning of their existence, used to be something for engineers and designers it
5 things to keep in mind with Big Data
People actively, or passively, all take part in the big data movement at health care. There’s no escaping. I firmly believe that the benefit of big data is bigger than
The (possible) role of data storage at healthbank in chronic diseases and prevention (by Margot Vanfleteren)
150 million people suffer financially due to healthcare costs. 30 million people die each year from chronic diseases. The chance of you having diabetes, a chronic disease, is 1
Cyber security and health data: Was 2015 a turning point in healthcare?
As 2015 comes to a close we’re seeing a number of articles on the growing cyber security challenge and healthcare is far from immune to this challenge. Earlier this autumn
Toward a broader view of health data ethics
Thinking about ethical and regulatory issues concerning health data requires remarkable patience. This we learned early in our research initiative that aims to promote uses of health data in a
Infographic: 7 ways to improve patient engagement
Patient engagement is a hot topic that is becoming more and more mainstream. The term is used to describe everything from patient portals to social media strategies, from tracking vitals
Why it is getting easier for patients to share their data?
Some readers may ask why we need a health data transaction platform and is it just another Personal Health Record for storing the data? We’ll get to the first question
As the number of health data hacks grows, fears of how health data can be used grows
It took one healthcare company over a year to notify 1.1 million users that their data had been hacked and then the largest insurer in the US, Anthem, announces that
Interview with Melanie Swan
Intro: Melanie Swan is one of the newest members of healthbank’s Advisory Board and she has a fascinating bio that spans finance, genomics and philosophy. She has recently written a
Rise of the Unpatient and healthbank as a key tool
Last week Eric Topol and Leonard Kish published a piece in Nature Biotechnology arguing for why the patient should own his or her data. One of the preliminary points they
Interview with Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is one of our new board members and has very deep experience in healthcare in the US, particularly in the area of consumer health and consults with companies
Healthbank Health Data Lab
Several years ago the World Economic Forum observed that personal data was becoming a “new asset class” while big data and data mining tools have come to the forefront as
Healthbank blog – Welcome
healthbank Blog – A place for thought provoking discussions With the launch of the healthbank blog this summer, Jody Ranck, healthbank’s VP Strategy & Business Development and author of the