Blockchain Healthcare Situation Report (BC/HC SITREP) Volume 2 Issue 13, 26 Mar - 01 Apr 2018. A weekly newsletter curating news and events relating to blockchain and healthcare by Sean Manion, CEO of Science Distributed.

1. BLOCKCHAIN HEALTHCARE
SITUATION REPORT
(BC/HC SITREP)
Volume 2/Issue 13: 26 Mar – 01 Apr 2018
BLOCKCHAIN HEALTHCARE NEWS
Potential of blockchain in government acquisition
Jose Arrieta, associate deputy assistant secretary for Acquisition at the
Department of Health and Human Services, discusses how blockchain can be
used to streamline the acquisition process.
https://govmatters.tv/potential-of-blockchain-in-government-acquisition/
Guest commentary: Healthcare leaders, get ready for blockchain
Scott Goodspeed is program director for the School of Professional Studies'
Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership at Brown University. Before
coming to Brown, he served as president and CEO of four hospitals in three
states.
“What leaders in healthcare IT should be
focused on right now is gaining a better
understanding of blockchain so they can
determine how it might benefit their
organizations.”
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180330/NEWS/180339976
International Pilot Program Tests Whether People Would Be Willing
to Exchange Clinical Laboratory Test Results and Photos of Their
Bodies for Cryptocurrency
Developers believe participants will be interested in controlling how their
private health data is provided to medical laboratories, drug companies,
research organizations, and the federal government, while also earning an
income
https://www.darkdaily.com/international-pilot-program-tests-whether-people-
would-be-willing-to-exchange-clinical-laboratory-test-results-and-photos-of-
their-bodies-for-cryptocurrency/
WELCOME
Jose Arrieta explains
blockchain uses, from
identity for a homeless
Bolivian child to speeding up
government acquisition in a
Govmatters interview (p1).
Jose has already piloted the
technology at GSA to reduce
industry proposal review
time and cost by 90%.
Now he is heading up its
application to healthcare as
lead for acquisition at HHS.
If NIH Grant review time
was reduced half that much,
we could speed research up
by 1000s of person-years
and free up billions more for
research. Every year.
And that’s just the low-
hanging fruit.
– Sean Manion, PhD
Science Distributed: Better
Science,Cheaper Research,
Faster Miracles
www.sciencedistributed.com
stmanion@gmail.com

2. Blockchain in Healthcare Today Debuts First Ensemble of Articles for Healthcare Industry
New Peer Review Journal Has Published First Papers for Industry Review in Blockchain Health Technology Sector
1. Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Management in Healthcare - Kevin
A Clauson, et al
2. Pragmatic, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology:
Paving the Future for Healthcare - Jim St. Clair, et al
3. Enforcing Human Subject Regulations using Blockchain and Smart Contracts - Olivia Choudhury,
et al
4. Blockchain as a Foundation for Sharing Healthcare Data - Marek Cyran, et al
5. Health Surveillance using Decentralized Technologies - Jose Luis Bellod Cisneros, et al
6. Ethics Governance Outside the Box: Reimagining Blockchain as a Policy Tool to Facilitate Single
Ethics Review and Data Sharing for the 'omics' Sciences - Vaso Rahimzadeh
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blockchain-in-healthcare-today-debuts-first-ensemble-of-articles-for-
healthcare-industry-300619530.html
BLOCKCHAIN NEWS
Blockchain’s big potential in Africa
The majority of African states are still considered developing nations and have been held back by legacies of
colonialism, resulting in problems such as armed conflicts, corruption, and poverty. But the blockchain ecosystem in
many places is already starting to garner strength and has the potential to make a huge impact on African economies
and societies.
https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/01/blockchains-big-potential-in-africa/
When We Stop Talking About Blockchain, We Can Change the World with It
If the internet created a world of low friction communication, blockchain can create a world of low friction value
transfer.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dantedisparte/2018/03/28/when-we-stop-talking-about-blockchain-we-can-change-the-
world-with-it/#56fdc2661037
BLOCKCHAIN – UPCOMING EVENTS
ACT-IAC 2018 Turning Blockchain Potential into Reality – 03 APR, Washington, DC
American Council for Technology (ACT) and Industry Advisory Council (IAC) in-depth Blockchain forum
https://www.actiac.org/2018-blockchain-forum-0
Johns Hopkins SAIS Conference on Technology and Future Economy – 06/07 APR, Washington, DC
Rizing NGO and JHU SAIS China Club TFE 2018 is a two-day dual track conference centered around the development
and application of blockchain technology
https://www.tfecon.com/
ACT-IAC 2018 Health Innovation Day Conference – 19 APR, Washington, DC
The Health Innovation Day will provide a wide-range of discussions around technology, management/processes, and
policy constraints and enablers and constraints with innovation
https://www.actiac.org/2018-health-innovation-day-0
JUST ADDED - The Second Annual Healthcare Blockchain Summit – 11/12 May, Boston, MA
TCBI and Krysalis Labs present The Second Annual Healthcare Blockchain Summit. The Summit uniquely addresses the
power of blockchain-based platforms to transform healthcare systems and business practices.
http://tcbi.org/hcblockchainplatform/agenda/