Month: May 2017

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The Medical Futurist: “Medical Data is the New Credit Card Number”

The Medical Futureist has a great overview and analysis of digital privacy in healthcare, with special emphasis on cybersecurity and ransomware. This section in particular caught our attention:

Medical data is the new credit card number

While on the one hand, healthcare is getting democratized through digital health, meaning we have a chance to live longer and healthier with the use of disruptive technologies, on the other hand, we are paying for it partly with our data. Istvan Lam, Founder and CEO of Tresorit, Hungarian data privacy company reminded me of forecasts, according to which healthcare is going to be the most targeted sector of hackers in 2017, as medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the dark web.

And before you ask, why anyone’s chest X-ray would be of any interest to anyone else, I assure you – it’s not the black-and-white artistic image of your lungs. It is the patient data, with which criminals could create fake identification documents to buy drugs, medicine or medical equipment, or combine a patient number with a false provider number and file fictional claims with insurance companies. 

The bold emphasis is ours. Nobody is interested in the patient’s x-rays or dialysis charts. Instead, it’s their PHI. Just like a consumer’s credit card data could be used to steal the victim’s identity, personal health information could be used to impersonate the patient and commit fraud in their name.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Cost to Reach $10.84B

Here’s one big reason the cost of your healthcare is rising. We’re here to help it go the other way.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/talktousatpatientory

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Blockchain App Puts An End To Medical Records Being Held To Ransom

Patientory is urging citizens around the globe to unlock their health data with blockchain

ATLANTA, USA (PRWEB) MAY 16, 2017 – As medical records across England’s National Health Service were locked down and held to ransom following Friday’s wide scale cyber attack, leading blockchain startup, Patientory is urging citizens around the globe to unlock their health data with blockchain.

Patientory’s advanced healthcare app that lets users create a patient profile to keep track of their health history. The free to use app provides patients with an easy and hassle free way of tracking doctor visits, medical bills, personal medical information, insurance, immunizations and pharmacy medications. Furthermore, it removes the possibility of having this data held to ransom by cyber criminals.

Rather than having one central administrator that acts as a gatekeeper to data—there’s one shared ledger, spread across a network of synchronized, replicated databases visible to anyone with the authorized access, providing unprecedented security benefits. Its virtually impossible for a cyber criminal to hack one block in the chain without simultaneously hacking every other block in the chain’s chronology, making the blockchain incredibly appealing to not only store a patient’s entire health history, but determining who should have access to it.

Medical information can be worth ten times more than credit card numbers on the deep web. Fraudsters can use this data to create fake IDs to buy medical equipment or drugs, or combine a patient number with a false provider number and file fictional claims with insurers, with Patientory’s app, when administered and implemented correctly, there is zero possibility that any unauthorized access to patient data can be gained.

In addition, Patientory’s use of blockchain technology helps affiliated healthcare organizations achieve minimal data breaches. It achieves HIPAA Security Rules by maintaining a security compliance team, protecting relevant electronic systems and using encryption to control data access.

Considering that there is technology like Patientory’s already available for citizen’s to ‘own’ and ‘control’ their medical records, Patientory founder & CEO Chrissa McFarlane “urges the government to get behind a blockchain-enabled national IT health system and at the same time help to remove legal obstacles in the movement of data amongst providers.”

McFarlane continued:

“It’s incomprehensible and frustrating that people’s lives were endangered on Friday especially when there is technology like ours out there. How much longer are we, as citizens prepared to let the government control our data and not have the necessary security controls in place.”

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Notes to the Editor

  • Patientory’s white paper, the holy grail of blockchain for healthcare, outlines a detailed description of their vision, the market, development roadmap and the upcoming crowd sale of its tokens available here.

About Patientory
Patientory is an advanced healthcare app that lets users create a patient profile to keep track of their health history. The free to use app provides patients an easy and hassle free way of tracking doctor visits, medical bills, personal medical information, insurance, immunizations and pharmacy medications.

The company has a strong blockchain management team and a broad based advisory board that spans both healthcare and business expertise including Shawn Wilkinson, CEO of the blockchain company Storj.

For more information, visit http://www.patientory.com

Media Contact:
Michael E. Rubin, Director of Communications
michael@patientory.com | 847.370.3421

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NHS Hit by Cyber Attack – End This With Blockchain Technology Urges Patientory Founder

It was reported earlier today that the National Health Service in England was hit by a cyber attack. As you can imagine, we are in shock and are watching events closely. Here’s a statement released on behalf of all of us at Patientory.

As the NHS continues to deal with a large-scale cyber attack affecting computer systems and phones in hospitals across England, Patientory founder and CEO Chrissa McFarlane urges the government to take proactive steps in adopting blockchain technology to avoid disasters like these happening to more healthcare organizations across the globe.

Patientory’s use of blockchain technology helps affiliated healthcare organizations achieve zero data breaches. In addition, it abides by strict US HIPAA Security Rules by maintaining a security compliance team, protecting relevant electronic systems and using encryption to control data access.

McFarlane said:

“This is a very scary situation and we hope lives are not endangered while the NHS deals with this situation. But how much longer are we, as citizens, prepared to let the government control our data. The hackers are demanding that ransom is paid before they start deleting medical records, yet a simple blockchain-based mobile app could be used for citizens to keep track of their medical records and more importantly know who has access to them.”

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Chrissa McFarlane Named to Prestigious Medtech List

We’re delighted to see our Founder and CEO, Chrissa McFarlane, on the Becker’s Hospital Review list of 110 women “leaving their mark on the medtech field.”

Chrissa McFarlane. Founder and CEO of Patientory (Atlanta). Ms. McFarlane founded Patientory.com, a healthcare startup providing blockchain solutions. The company currently deploys an advanced healthcare app for patients to create a profile and track their health history. The company’s genesis was part of the Boomtown Health-Tech Accelerator based in Boulder, Colo., in collaboration with Denver-based Colorado Permanente Medical Group. Ms. McFarlane is now a mentor with Boomtown Accelerator.

See the full list

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Patientory Wins Top Prize At SEMDA2017 to Transform Healthcare Using Blockchain

– Securing A Place In The MedTech Innovator 2017 Finals – 

Atlanta – May 3, 2017 9:00AM PST – Patientory, the healthcare tech start-up revolutionizing how patients track their health history, attended the 2017 Southeastern Medical Device Association Conference (SEMDA) in Atlanta last week, where they won top prize in the SEMDA PitchRound competition, and now go on to the 2017 MedTech Innovator Showcase in September and have a chance to compete in the $500K competition.

MedTech Innovator is the industry’s nonprofit global competition and accelerator for medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies. The organization partnered with SEMDA, a regional non-profit association that provides resources to accelerate device development and achieve commercial success with access to funding, education, and networking opportunities for medical device companies in the southeastern United States.

Patientory emerged as this year’s most highly investable company, fighting off tough competition from five other companies in the final PitchRounds, scooping $10,000 investment from SEMDA and a $2,500 MedTech Innovator Scholarship for their vision to deliver a patient-centered protocol supported by blockchain technology that will empower individuals to manage their health records in a format that offers true interoperability and security.

Patientory Founder & CEO Chrissa McFarlane said: “It was such an honor winning the SEMDA 2017 pitch competition and the $2,500 MedTech Innovator Scholarship, I’m still in awe! SEMDA not only serves as the central connecting hub for the Southeast medtech community, but has been a fantastic platform for us to connect with investors, suppliers, and specialists to help accelerate our vision.”

Jason Rupp, Executive Director, Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) said: “The SEMDA PitchRounds competition is a year-long program designed to bring the best companies in the southeast together at the SEMDA annual conference. We’ve been delighted by the incredible amount of interest in this this program and look forward to building it in our partnership with Medtech Innovator. While many know about Blockchain technology’s uses for financial services, Patientory’s pitch demonstrated and convinced the judges of its exciting potential for new, innovative uses in health care.”

In addition to the MedTech Innovator Showcase, which will include Patientory among the top 50 competitors, MedTech Innovator will hold its competition finals at The MedTech Conference powered by AdvaMed in San Jose, Calif., on 26th September 2017. The four finalists will make their pitches on the plenary main stage, and as part of the exciting finale, the audience will decide the winner of the cash prize and the title of MedTech Innovator 2017.

Patientory continues to demonstrate their suitability for investment, announcing their token sale last week. Pre-sale commitment levels are unprecedented and Patientory are expecting sales of the PTY crypto-token to sell out quickly when the token sale goes live May 17. To find out more, please see here: http://patientory.com/token-sale/

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About Patientory
Patientory is an advanced healthcare app that lets users create a patient profile to keep track of their health history. The free to use app provides patients an easy and hassle free way of tracking doctor visits, medical bills, personal medical information, insurance, immunizations and pharmacy medications.

The company has a strong blockchain management team and a broad based advisory board that spans both healthcare and business expertise including Shawn Wilkinson, CEO of the blockchain company Storj.

For more information, visit www.patientory.com

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