Medicalchain is proud to support Self Care Week 2018, which runs this year from the 12th to the 18th of November. Self Care Week is an initiative which aims to engage and empower people to better look after their own health. Last year it reached ~20,000,000 people with its message, mirroring Medicalchain’s ethos, “own your health”.
With a focus on health innovation to help patients help themselves Dr Knut Schroeder, a GP, Self Care Forum Board member and founder of free self care app resource producer Expert Self Care, said: “Health apps are easily accessible for anyone with a smartphone. Containing information, advice and tips on topics ranging from first aid and healthy living to pregnancy and mental health; health apps can be great for learning more about health issues and enabling people to self care.”
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, Co-Founder and CEO of Medicalchain said: “Medicalchain is focused on addressing the issue of a fragmented healthcare system by empowering patients to be at the centre of their care. Through innovative use of the latest advancements in technology, we are able to resolve much of the issues we see in the health system today and we can provide all this through an app on a smartphone, making access and usability of a patient’s personal Health Record easier than ever”.
MyClinic.com is a tool anyone with Web access can use, either through their personal computer, laptop, or smartphone. MyClinic.com empowers patients by giving them choice and understanding of complex health issues and the treatment options available. It allows families to be more involved in their loved ones care and therefore support better self care, regardless of the distance between them. Secure and safe access to health records also promotes better communications with multiple doctors at the same time to always strive for the best advice possible for each individual patient. This is in perfect harmony with the theme of Self Care Week 2018, being “choose self care for life”.
Medicalchain is proud to support Self Care Week 2018, which runs this year from the 12th to the 18th of November. Self Care Week is an initiative which aims to engage and empower people to better look after their own health. Last year it reached ~20,000,000 people with its message, mirroring Medicalchain’s ethos, “own your health”.
With a focus on health innovation to help patients help themselves Dr Knut Schroeder, a GP, Self Care Forum Board member and founder of free self care app resource producer Expert Self Care, said: “Health apps are easily accessible for anyone with a smartphone. Containing information, advice and tips on topics ranging from first aid and healthy living to pregnancy and mental health; health apps can be great for learning more about health issues and enabling people to self care.”
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, Co-Founder and CEO of Medicalchain said: “Medicalchain is focused on addressing the issue of a fragmented healthcare system by empowering patients to be at the centre of their care. Through innovative use of the latest advancements in technology, we are able to resolve much of the issues we see in the health system today and we can provide all this through an app on a smartphone, making access and usability of a patient’s personal Health Record easier than ever”.
MyClinic.com is a tool anyone with Web access can use, either through their personal computer, laptop, or smartphone. MyClinic.com empowers patients by giving them choice and understanding of complex health issues and the treatment options available. It allows families to be more involved in their loved ones care and therefore support better self care, regardless of the distance between them. Secure and safe access to health records also promotes better communications with multiple doctors at the same time to always strive for the best advice possible for each individual patient. This is in perfect harmony with the theme of Self Care Week 2018, being “choose self care for life”.
Welcome to the sixth issue of Inside Medicalchain, a monthly newsletter written to update our community on the progress of our project.
If you missed the fifth issue you can catch up by clicking here.
Announcement
Team Update:
We are happy to welcome six new developers to our growing team:
Olivier Conan, is doing a fantastic job in leading up our iOS development for the Apple application.
Olivier Conan
“Although I am an experienced developer, working for a health company has presented itself with its own challenges. Knowing that we aim to make a big difference to people’s health worldwide has been a great driving force behind this.”
Maxime Fischer, is focussing on backend development.
Ahmed Hassanein, our new junior full-stack developer.
Max Port, also joining us as a junior developer supporting the lead developers.
Simone Cascino, is our new senior Android Developer
Luca Costa, is a junior Android and full-stack developer.
Product Development
MyClinic.com:
We are pleased to announce that our first product, the MyClinic.com application is now live, you can download the application through the Apple App store if you are residing within the UK, download here.
MyClinic.com is a subsidiary of Medicalchain that provides telemedicine services to patients who are in need of an online consultation, with more functionalities to come. MyClinic.com is the first application in the world to support cryptocurrency as a form of payment for online medical treatment.
Maria Rodriguez, the first patient to use cryptocurrency to access an appointment with her GP, said: “It’s super cool to finally use cryptocurrency to purchase services. MyClinic.com is easy to use and I love the fact that I can talk to a doctor I know well and trust. I found the report that was sent by the doctor within a few minutes really helpful and reassuring. I’m definitely going to use MyClinic.com again and I’ve already started telling my friends and family about it.”
We are progressing now with our development with a focus on v1.5 of the MyClinic.com application, we are also working on the development of the Health Platform which we aim to incorporate into the MyClinic.com application by Q3 2019.
The Health Platform will act as the foundation of all of the Medicalchain products and will be different from the Health Passport which will be its own application outright.
Media
Why granting NHS patients access to their medical records is a legal right
The Times featured Medicalchain as one of the few companies offering people smartphone access to their health data… Read more — here.
Forbes writes about Medicalchain’s mission to solve the patient data problem, “Patients now have a right to read their own records. We are setting up the functionality that is allowing them to do that” — Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO Medicalchain — Read here
Latest Medicalchain AMA
Humbled by the support from the Japanese community, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti (CEO) and Mo Tayeb (COO) discuss the latest ongoings in Medicalchain’s AMA series along with a live Japanese translation! — Watch here:
MyClinic.com app in action
MTN Utility expansion
And more!
Events
On September 27th Medicalchain’s CEO, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti recently spoke at the Humanism, Technology and the Physician of Tomorrow event at the American University of Beirut Medical Center:
On October 1st Medicalchain’s head of health informatics, Dave Ebbitt presented at the 2nd BLOCKCHAINTECH CONGRESS in Warsaw, Poland:
On October 10–12 (Seoul, South Korea) Medicalchain’s CEO, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti presented at the 19th World Knowledge Forum alongside speakers such as the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon.
Oct 17 (USA): Medicalchain’s CEO, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti presented at the FT Digital Health Summit USA — Read about it here.
Medicalchain’s CEO, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti also spoke in Helsinki at Digisote 2018, one of Finland’s prominent health tech conferences about Medicalchain’s progress
Upcoming Events
If anyone is available and able, we would love for you to come along and meet us at one of our upcoming events:
Nov 15 — Nov 16 all-day (Milan, Italy).
Medicalchain’s COO, Mo Tayeb, will be speaking at the Futureland event at Talent Garden Calabiana- Milan, Italy:
Per our roadmap, Medicalchain will initially focus on rolling out our pilot within the UK.
Our objective is to ensure that our strategy and product is aligned with the unique market requirements of each country prior to tackling the global market.
Social Media
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to ask us questions and engage with our community management team. If you have not had the chance to say hello yet, please click on one of the groups to join the discussion!
The Medicalchain team remain hard at work, developing the MyClinic.com application and the Medicalchain Health Passport.
Our hard work has not gone unnoticed. We recently completed an interview with Trevor Clawson, Forbes contributor. We hope you enjoy reading the published article.
Originally published and sourced from Forbes, written by Trevor Clawson.
“Medicalchain is seeking to address a big problem — namely the fragmented nature of health records here in the UK and elsewhere around the globe. In an ideal world, when a patient sees a doctor, the practitioner in question would have access to a complete medical history before deciding on a treatment. In practice, it’s not so simple. A patient might turn up at an accident and emergency department, visit an unfamiliar General Practitioner when away from home, seek private treatment, or see a doctor when travelling abroad. In all of these scenarios, comprehensive records might not be available, simply because the data is stored in local silos.”
Welcome to the fifth issue of Inside Medicalchain, a monthly newsletter written to update our community on the progress of our project.
If you missed the fourth issue you can catch up by clicking here.
Announcement
Medicalchain Becomes First Healthcare Pioneer Member of the Renowned Blockchain Research Institute:
Medicalchain has joined the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), the foremost independent think-tank leading research into the impact of blockchain on business, government and society. Medicalchain joins industry giants Accenture, IBM, Microsoft and SAP, as well as blockchain startup pioneers CarbonX, Digital Asset Holdings, and Polymath, as the institute’s first blockchain for healthcare pioneer.
Read views from the famous Don Tapscott, on Medicalchain here.
Evaluating MTN Token
Mo Tayeb, Medicalchain’s COO, announces the exploration of expanding MTN’s token utility to allow the purchasing of MyClinic.com shares as an exchangeable security option, with a minimum purchase value of MTN set at ICO price or higher. In addition, any tokens used to purchase these shares will be burned.
Please note: The new concept is still at evaluation stage and is subject to gaining approval from all the relevant stakeholders including lawyers, regulators, and exchanges.
Learn about the prospective remodel in our latest AMA.
Product Development
At the end of the last month, June 23rd — Medicalchain & The Groves Medical Group had a launch event to mark the beginning of the pilot for MyClinic.com.
The app will go live in the coming weeks, and you will be able to download it from Apple iOS App Store and use the service if you live in the UK.
MyClinic.com is a brand of Medicalchain that provides telemedicine services to patients who are in need of a medical consultation, with more services to be made available in the near future. MyClinic.com will be the first application in the world to support cryptocurrency as a form of payment for an online medical consultation. Updates on our pilot with The Groves Medical Group will be shared in the next issue!
Media
Techworld lists Medicalchain as one of the top blockchain startups to watch — Read here
ICO Crowd, a Japanese media publication writes about Medicalchain’s mission and agenda to reshape the medical industry!
Latest Medicalchain AMA
Humbled by the support from the Japanese community, Mo Tayeb discusses the latest ongoings in Medicalchain’s AMA series along with live Japanese translation!-Watch here
MyClinic.com app in action
MTN Utility expansion
And more!
Upcoming Events
Blockchain Live
London| 26th Septemeber 2018
Medicalchain will be exhibiting at the renowned Blockchain Live at the Olympia, London — Join us!
Blockchain Tech
Poland | 1-2 October 2018
Dave Ebbitt, Medicalchain’s Health Informatics Manager, will be speaking at Blockchain Tech Conference –Join us!
Hyperledger Member Summit
Montreal| 1–2 October 2018
Medicalchain’s Head of Infrastructure and Security, Bara Mustafa, will be presenting at the Hyperledger Member Summit –Join us!
Unlocking the Value of Disruption — FT Digital Health Summit USA
New York | 17 October 2018
Medicalchain’s CEO, Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, will be presenting for the second year running at the FT Digital Health Summit –Join us!
Social Media
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to ask us questions and engage with our community management team. If you have not had the chance to say hello yet, please click on one of the groups to join the discussion!
Welcome to the fourth issue of Inside Medicalchain, a monthly newsletter written to update our community on the progress of our project.
If you missed the third issue you can catch up by clicking here.
Product Development
The team at Medicalchain are hard at work preparing version one of MyClinic.com. The application is currently undergoing final testing before it is launched at The Groves Medical Group Community Summer Fun Day, on Monday 23rd July.
Attendees will be able to sign up to preview and test the telemedicine consultation platform. Once registered, patients will be able to book and pay for GP video consultations via MyClinic.com.
Access to healthcare reports, completed by doctors, will be visible to patients and secured by Medicalchain’s blockchain technology. Post consultation reports are the first step to building every patient’s personal health passport, which will be immediately accessible and shareable via Medicalchain.
Engineers and UX designers will be onsite, alongside the rest of our team to educate the general public on the benefits of blockchain technology and record all feedback from patients and doctors attending the event.
If you are a resident of the UK and you would like to attend our event on Monday 23rd July, please RSVP on the Facebook event page.
If you are unable to attend do not worry, you will not miss out! We will be documenting the launch and sharing all of the pictures and videos across social media.
Watch Mo Tayeb, Co-Founder and COO of Medicalchain, with the renowned Chelsea Roh, in her interview series: Crypto and Coffee with Chelsea. 🙂
Health Data Management, a resource dedicated to Healthcare IT Leaders wrote about our Joint Working Agreement with the Mayo Clinic — Read here
Medicalchain was featured in the BMJ, one of the world’s most prestigious general medical journals! Read the article here.
1-hour podcast interview of Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti (CEO Medicalchain), with Ray Dogum of Health Unchained. “Improved Access to Medical Records” — Listen here.
Medicalchain AMA (June)
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, discussing the latest from Medicalchain.
Events
Robert Miller, sat on the panel discussion “ICOs and Financing of Blockchain Startups and Initiatives,” at The Healthcare Blockchain SUMMIT.
“Thought leaders from across the blockchain in healthcare industry converged on Boston to come together for The Second Annual Healthcare Blockchain Summit. Presentation content was level headed and pragmatic; the excessive hype normally associated with blockchain was cut out. Instead there was a focus on implementation and what needs to happen for blockchain in healthcare adoption. I was excited to play a role, giving a taxonomy of cryptoassets and sharing what we have learned at Medicalchain.”
Robert Miller
The Future of Blockchain & the Crypto Universe @ Barclays Rise London Accelerator
Natalie Furness, Medicalchain’s Director of Communication presented MyClinic.com and answered questions on the implementation of blockchain technology in healthcare.
“It was wonderful to share the details of MyClinic.com, with our community in London. The audience was particularly interested in whether they too, would be able to download the application and utilise MedTokens on our platform, during the pilot with the Groves Medical Group. I explained that UK citizens will be able to download the application, following the launch however, individuals are welcome to register with The Groves Medical Group to become part of the trial. Alternatively, anyone can advise their practice to contact Medicalchain, if they would like to utilise our technology.”
Natalie Furness
Join Natalie and the team at the MyClinic.com pilot launch on Monday, 23rd July at 11:30 RSVP here.
Blockchain Create : Osaka & Tokyo (June 14–15)
Medicalchain’s COO Mo Tayeb, talks about Medicalchain’s upcoming pilot, and the launch of MyClinic.com — More information
“We have a very good relationship with our Japanese supporters, who continue to promote the Medicalchain project. Our visit in June was a success, which is evidenced in our ever-growing Japanese community, across our social media platforms.”
Mo Tayeb
Social Media
Thank you to everyone that has asked us questions and engaged with our community management team. Tim Robinson, and his team are very happy to be in a position that they can talk to everyone personally. If you have not had the chance to say hello yet, please click on one of the groups to join the discussion!
United Kingdom, London: Today Medicalchain announces that they are joining the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), the foremost independent think tank leading research into the impact of blockchain on business, government and society. The healthcare startup, which will provide patient-centric, borderless healthcare through blockchain technology, joins industry giants Accenture, IBM, Microsoft and SAP, as well as blockchain startup pioneers CarbonX, Digital Asset Holdings, and Polymath, as the institute’s first blockchain for healthcare pioneer.
Medicalchain will support the BRI on its mission to explore blockchain strategies, market opportunities and implementation challenges that the technology presents as well as providing insights from the application of its blockchain based healthcare solution. By contributing to research projects, collaborating with other members and participating in case studies, Medicalchain will help make the blockchain revolution a reality.
Don Tapscott, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute says:
“Using blockchain technology, we can build a more efficient, effective and equitable healthcare system. The Blockchain Research Institute is proud to welcome Medicalchain to our membership as they continue to pioneer breakthrough applications and add a new healthcare string to our bow.”
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and Co-Founder of Medicalchain comments:
“Blockchain is already transforming healthcare but the potential impact for patients and doctors is only just starting to be more broadly realised. Being recognised as a pioneer by the Blockchain Research Institute is a significant milestone for us, and through collaboration with the leading minds in blockchain, we look forward to accelerating this transformation through blockchain solutions for healthcare by empowering patients to own their health data and access borderless healthcare.”
The Blockchain Research Institute is a multi-million-dollar global research initiative undertaking the definitive investigation of blockchain strategies, opportunities, and implementation challenges. It is led by 40 of the world’s leading blockchain thinkers and practitioners and sponsored by many of the world’s most important companies and governments. The Blockchain Research Institute regularly puts out research projects that are accessible to its members; to date over 70+ projects have been put out.
