{"id":71,"date":"2016-03-11T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/philips-announces-its-own-blockchain-lab\/"},"modified":"2016-03-11T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:24:00","slug":"philips-announces-its-own-blockchain-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/philips-announces-its-own-blockchain-lab.html","title":{"rendered":"Philips announces its own Blockchain Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Dutch multinational company <b>Philips<\/b> decided to open its own <b>Blockchain Lab<\/b>, a group of experts whose focus is the decentralized ledger.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAfter a half year of researches on the <b>Blockchain<\/b>, in fact, Philips announced its objective to use the distributed ledger technology for healthcare uses.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8yEymHE0FwI\/VuLT7dZQ0lI\/AAAAAAAAARg\/uDbSbYQ9jDAGv-z4bY6MAI5LCdF5ZGsog\/s1600\/programmer-1-1534401.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philips blockchain lab project developer\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/programmer-1-1534401.jpg\" title=\"Philips blockchain lab\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nTo do so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2.forms.healthcare.philips.com\/blockchainlabs\">Philips launched a call<\/a> for developers and experts coming from the startup ecosystem who can submit their own CVs and apply <i>\u201cto work on several blockchain use cases\u201d.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe call for talents from now on will be continuosly open, which supposedly indicates an evergoing interest of the company in developing new projects based on this disruptive technology.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt\u2019s always worth to remember that the innovation brought by the blockchain doesn\u2019t impact the financial system only, but potencially has relevant implications in many aspects of our lives, including the secure transmission of information regarding our health.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nJust a few days ago, for example, we talked about<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/how-to-use-blockchain-to-secure-medical.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <b>Guardtime<\/b>, a blockchain platform that is now working together with the <b>Estonian eHealth Foundation<\/b> to develop a blockchain network that aims at securing one million patient medical records.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Philip Blockchain lab is located in the company\u2019s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHead of the Blockchain Lab, <b>Arno Laeven<\/b>, commented:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><i><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<i>&#8220;As a company committed to innovation you need to constantly explore new and emerging technologies and their application in areas where they might have an impact and added value. Our aim is to learn if blockchain technology could potentially add value to the process of data exchange in the healthcare industry.<\/i>&#8220;<\/div>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nPrevious Statement<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOn October 2015, Philips Healtcare interest was announced in a Twitter post published by Wayne Vaughan, CEO of the blockchain startup <a href=\"https:\/\/tierion.com\/\">Tierion<\/a>, who reported that his company has been the first blockchain project within the Philips research perimeter on the subject.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QP-1rK5BOKc\/VuLTyIgpueI\/AAAAAAAAARc\/8LgUAh3NdCUkPMRwXIdlLznB4t19pBQjQ\/s1600\/Immagine.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tierion ceo philips project blockchain healthcare\" border=\"0\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Immagine-1.png\" title=\"tierion philips project blockchain healthcare\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch multinational company Philips decided to open its own Blockchain Lab, a group of experts whose focus is the decentralized ledger. 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