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How Data Saves Lives – The Case of Sepsis
What is sepsis Sepsis is one of the oldest known diseases – it was Hippocrates himself who gave it a name around 2,400 years ago. It is also one of the most deadly ones. Sepsis is responsible for more deaths annually than prostate cancer, AIDS and breast cancer combined. It has claimed the lives of millions of people (including two US Presidents and one Pope), and it now costs the US healthcare system more than $20 billion a year through insurance payments to doctors and hospitals1. Nevertheless, almost 60% of Americans have never even heard of it.
The New and Improved Data Lake Whitepaper
Dear Data Lake Community and Investors, We’re truly excited to be able to share with you our revised Data Lake Whitepaper! Not only have we redesigned it to match our new branding, but we’ve also made some important changes and updates to reflect the greater vision of the Data Lake system that has taken form over the past few months. From improved tokenomics and token utility to expanding the system stakeholders and their participation incentives, the updated Whitepaper means exciting things for the future of Data Lake and the international medical donation system we’re building. If you want to jump straight in, you can view the brand new Whitepaper by clicking here!
Beta whitelist and LAKE Giveaway: How-to guide
TL;DR 📆 Until when? The competition will run until the 30th of September. 🎁 What’s up for grabs? 5000 users will gain access our beta data donation system when live, with first-access to our donor incentives program.
Data Lake Update #4 – June 2022
Dear Community & Investors, It has been another incredible month here at Data Lake, and a lot has happened in June that we’re excited to share with you! Don’t forget to check out our previous project updates to see the rest of our accomplishments and milestones, but for the latest – read on!
Data Lake nominated as one of the Top Disruptors in Healthcare!
Data Lake has just been nominated as one of the Top Disruptors in Healthcare at the AI in Health conference held in Warsaw! Responsibility for algorithms, the use of AI in medical entities and the role of blockchain in health are among the main topics of the second edition of the AI in Health conference.
Data and the future of Healthcare
The future ahead: the potential of the use of data in medicine As of today, the key to a better organization and new developments has become data. The world around us is taking us down a path in which the more data we own, the better we can organize ourselves and deliver the most accurate outcomes. That is why data collection is an important part for many – if not all – fields, including the one of healthcare.
Partnership announcement: Data Lake X WeFund
We’re very excited to announce that Data Lake has partnered with WeFund to be part of its incubation fellowship program!
Data Lake Update #3 – May 2022
Dear community and investors! The following is our third project update, a recap of what Data Lake has achieved in May and a hint on what’s coming next. After achieving important milestones with our data consent system development, rebranding Data Lake and securing the first data orders (check our previous updates to learn more), it was time to further expand our presence among institutional healthcare and blockchain-focussed entities, inaugurate our office and – most importantly – move substantially closer to completing our starting dream team.
What is the data economy and what part does Data Lake play in it
Data economy In 2002, with the beginning of the digital age, global information storage capacity increased exponentially as hard disks and servers with massive capacities replaced floppy disks and CDs. With this revolution came the data economy; being the global interest – mostly by public and private companies – to gather, organize, exchange and broadly create value from data.
Data Lake and the Blockchain
At Data Lake, we’re leveraging the power of the blockchain in order to create a secure and transparent medical data donation system. But what is the blockchain? And what makes it the ideal technology for the system we are building? Let’s start from the beginning.
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