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Dennis OConnor

Why Crypto needs a Doctor and Medicine needs Blockchain Technology - It's not... - 0 views

  • This journey took me through Pain Medicine and cognitive neuroscience, phenomenological investigation, and behavioral economics, finally leading me to systems thinking and my interest in blockchain distributed ledger technologies.
  • Healthcare is a multi-stakeholder, mal-aigned, friction-full, opaque, heavily-regulated, lacking-of-trust, data-rich environment that does lend itself to a spectrum of blockchain-based platforms.
  • that the opposite of health is not disease but rather ISOLATION. That as we get sicker, our world contracts, gets smaller and smaller until one morning we wake up take a Xanax, an Oxycontin, drink a Chardonnay (or beer if you prefer) and overdose.
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  • how blockchain technology can change behaviors, encourage sustainable practices and reign in the disproportionate power incumbents have on predatory practices.
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    By Alex Cahana 1. Why isn't there a doctor in the house? First reason: MD's hate HIT (health information technology) 2. Most MD's have no idea what Blockchain does, let alone what it IS
Dennis OConnor

Ugh! Will Decentralized Healthcare Ever Be A Thing? | by Dr. Alex Cahana | Coinmonks | ... - 0 views

  • Having said that, the US healthcare system for decades has incentivized and paid for utilization of services, drugs and hospitalization, rather than reward prevention, education and public health interventions.
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    "I propose that beyond investor lack of awareness, hesitancy and risk aversiveness, blockchain-based solutions introduce an existential threat to the business of healthcare and therefore detract investment. Blockchain does not just dis-intermediate heavily-invested and powerful third parties in healthcare, like pharmacy benefit managers, group purchasing organizations, and third party administrators; blockchain changes the economic power balance that drives the current status quo, which represents nearly 20% of the US GDP."
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    Latest from Alex Cahana on the health ecosystem we are intent on distrupting.
Dennis OConnor

Dr. Alex Cahana - Pain Expert Says Blockchain Tech Can Help Cure the Ills That Are Hurt... - 0 views

  • We don't need to create these huge data banks that can be hacked and manipulated
  • We don't need to bring the data to the algorithm, the algorithm can go to the data.
  • It is called federated learning which is like machine learning together with privacy-preserving technologies
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  • introducing a whole token economy into healthcare
  • transform people from health service consumers to health and wealth producers
  • transforms digital healthcare from patient-centric to patient-driven
  • here is not only accountability between us, but an interdependence between us if we want all of us to survive and this is the world we are now moving into,
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    "Cahana broke down the possibilities presented by distributed ledger technology. "Blockchain offers an operational environment that allows us to analyze data at its source. We don't need to create these huge data banks that can be hacked and manipulated. We don't need to bring the data to the algorithm, the algorithm can go to the data. It is called federated learning which is like machine learning together with privacy-preserving technologies," said Cahana. "The idea of introducing a whole token economy into healthcare is to transform people from health service consumers to health and wealth producers. As opposed to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, genomics, telemedicine, and all these things that are innovative and are general-purpose technologies that make things faster, better and cheaper, blockchain really is disruptive in the business model. It really transforms digital healthcare from patient-centric to patient-driven. People can drive their own health similar to how they invest in their wealth.""
Dennis OConnor

Alex Cahana Moderates: BBA Blockchain in Healthcare - 0 views

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    Cahana: I will be moderating two one-hour panels on the use of #Blockchain in #Healthcare and #LifeSciences in our #covidー19 world. Specifically you will learn from our experts: Heather Leigh Flannery, Bernhard Salb, Synho Do and Ahmed Abdulla the latest about current solutions in data privacy, security, sovereignty as well as how to #incentivize data sharing to combat the global challenges we are facing. Many thanks to Caroline Dennis for her impeccable organization and the Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) Association for supporting this event.
Dennis OConnor

Building a Secure Biomedical Data Sharing Decentralized App (DApp): Tutorial - 0 views

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    ABSTRACT Decentralized apps (DApps) are computer programs that run on a distributed computing system, such as a blockchain network. Unlike the client-server architecture that powers most internet apps, DApps that are integrated with a blockchain network can execute app logic that is guaranteed to be transparent, verifiable, and immutable. This new paradigm has a number of unique properties that are attractive to the biomedical and health care communities. However, instructional resources are scarcely available for biomedical software developers to begin building DApps on a blockchain. Such apps require new ways of thinking about how to build, maintain, and deploy software. This tutorial serves as a complete working prototype of a DApp, motivated by a real use case in biomedical research requiring data privacy. We describe the architecture of a DApp, the implementation details of a smart contract, a sample iPhone operating system (iOS) DApp that interacts with the smart contract, and the development tools and libraries necessary to get started. The code necessary to recreate the app is publicly available.
Dennis OConnor

2nd Edition - Virtual Blockchain in Healthcare Symposium 2021 - TCR - 1 views

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    Dr. Cahana mentioned he is speaking tomorrow morning at The Virtual Blockchain in Healthcare Symposium #VBIHS2021   This link is a 9-hour feed from day one.  Lots to skim through. I suspect there is some great information to be 'mined' from all this. 
Dennis OConnor

Dr. Alex Cahana: Positive Impact, Healthcare and Technology - Top Tier Impact - 0 views

  • our impact is the footprint we impress around us. For it to be a halo rather than a shadow, we must remember that although it is important to “do things right”, it’s fundamental to “do the right thing”.
  • The idea of ‘going back to normal’ is gone, because it is the ‘normal’ that brought us this non-sustainable reality.
  • change is not an organizational challenge. It is an emotional one. We are our own biggest obstacle to change. 
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  • The impact of owning your health data
  • Imagine a world where health information is like money. Personal, private, valuable, and safe inside a secure wallet.
  • You treat your health like wealth, and you can inherit it to your nears or donate it to society.
  • earning money and tokens, through healthy behavior (Universal Health Income)
  • involving the community as translators, amplifiers and ambassadors
  • If we take out the ‘I’ in illness and replace it with ‘we’, we get wellness, and that is quite the impact!
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    "It is therefore imperative to invest in decentralized and privacy preserving technologies, like blockchain, verifiable computing and federated learning to create cyber-resilient systems. We need to invest in providing self-sovereign digital identities (DID) to all (SDG 16.9), because without an identity we are invisible. We are unable to access healthcare, vote, open a bank account, get employment and at risk for exploitation and trafficking. Owning our digital identity provides accurate population data, while governments and organizations can monitor key demographics, public health indicators and deliver basic human services and socio-economic planning without the risk of surveillance and exclusion."
Dennis OConnor

Africa is Rising And Blockchain is a Central Part of it | by Dr. Alex Cahana | Jul, 202... - 0 views

  • For Africa’s digital revolution to yield peace and prosperity, it is not enough for investors to focus on the rapid and often reactive expectation for return on investment, but rather the need to pay attention to the effects their capital investment will have on people’s lives.
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    And although waves of COVID are still occurring, Africa is moving towards a digital, science-centric, inter-dependent post-pandemic reality that requires robust investment in technology, and as I will explain later, specifically in decentralized, distributed, open- and crowd-sourced solutions.
Dennis OConnor

Future of Decentralized Health with Dr. Alex Cahana - YouTube - 0 views

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    Excellent and recent overview of Digital Health, blockchain, and the global view of Dr. Cahana.
Dennis OConnor

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    Blockchain data collection. Coin = shares in company. Spin off of 23 me
Dennis OConnor

FAQ | The Giving Block - 0 views

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    "Frequently asked questions for charities accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as well as crypto donors." As we explore blockchain health and all it implies, let's think outside the box about how PHE/PA can accept crypto donations.
Dennis OConnor

Home | Blockchain in Healthcare - 0 views

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    This is the site for the symposium where Dr. Cahana is speaking. Conference is set in Dubai.
Dennis OConnor

3 New Words To Know In 2021: WEIRD*, UHI**, and CAMELS*** | by Dr. Alex Cahana | DataDr... - 0 views

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    Folks, this recent piece on Medium will help us all get a sense of the big vision driving Dr. Cahana's passions. "UHI Universal Health Income, on the other hand is designed to encourage healthy behaviors (such as vaccinations, prenatal care, periodic or annual check ups) and discourage risky behaviors (like smoking, addiction, not adhering to treatment or in the case of COVID- avoiding social distancing)."
Dennis OConnor

HOLO - Build a better web - Video - 0 views

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    "Holo is to cloud hosting what Airbnb was to hotels-anyone can become a host by turning their computer into a source of revenue, getting paid in HoloFuel for hosting peer-to-peer applications. By hosting P2P apps, you support a web that empowers your peers and communities. "
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    In 2017 Kabir introduced Holo and Holochain to Mike and Me. We all have Holoports. The Holochain should launch in BETA this year. The promise has always been data ownership, secured with blockchain level description. This technology could help us change the world. Help spread the word!
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