Blockchain Healthcare Situation Report (BC/HC SITREP) Volume 2 Issue 14, 02 - 08 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 14: 02 – 08 Apr 2018
BLOCKCHAIN HEALTHCARE NEWS
How Blockchain Is Impacting Healthcare and Life Sciences Today
We are now seeing a rapid expansion of blockchain-based technology
offerings, many of them in the Healthcare and Pharma/Biotech spaces.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2018/04/02/how-blockchain-is-
impacting-healthcare-and-life-sciences-today/#c8eb457738ff
Health care groups to use blockchain to improve provider data
Five national groups, including UnitedHealthcare and Optum, are launching a
pilot program to see if blockchain can help keep data accurate.
"Not only is the quality of the data more
complete and more accurate, the decisions
made on that [data] are going to be a lot more
timely and effective," Lidia L. Fonseca, senior
vice president and chief information officer of
Quest Diagnostics
https://www.cnet.com/news/health-care-groups-use-blockchain-to-improve-
provider-data/
Leveraging blockchain to simplify and transform healthcare for
payers, providers and patients
Blockchain technology is poised to disrupt the healthcare industry, bringing
opportunities for payers and providers to simplify processes, reduce operating
costs and improve patient care. In a recent Cognizant survey
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-
technology/leveraging-blockchain-to-simplify-and-transform-healthcare-for-
payers-providers-and-patients.html
The Distributed Science Ecosystem, Sean Manion TFECON 2018
Slide presentation on the opportunities and challenges of applying blockchain
to science from a business perspective from 07 Apr TFECON 2018.
https://www.slideshare.net/SeanManion3/the-distributed-science-ecosystem-
sean-manion-tfecon-2018?trk=v-feed
WELCOME
Blockchain for Health
Science Research is
quickly emerging in the
world of Blockchain and
Healthcare.
Advancing clinical
practice requires a
higher level of evidence
than patient data alone;
research is needed.
A few items this week:
Forbes looks at research
and blockchain (p1).
Slides on the blockchain
science ecosystem from
my JHU talk (p1).
Blockchain Health
Science Research
Symposium (p2).
Things have already
changed. Keep up.
– Sean T. Manion, PhD
stmanion@gmail.com
Science Distributed
Better Science
Cheaper Research
Faster Miracles

2. Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Management in Healthcare: An exploration
of challenges and opportunities in the health supply chain
Background: Effective supply chain management is a challenge in every sector, but in healthcare there is added
complexity and risk as a compromised supply chain in healthcare can directly impact patient safety and health
outcomes. One potential solution for improving security, integrity, data provenance, and functionality of the health
supply chain is blockchain technology.
https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/article/view/20
Blockchain Buzz Is Only Growing Louder in Healthcare
Industry executives should pay attention to the emerging technology’s potential uses, including securing and better
managing supply chains.
https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2018/04/blockchain-buzz-only-growing-louder-healthcare
BLOCKCHAIN NEWS
IBM Touts $3.1 Trillion Blockchain Future
At IBM’s Think 2018 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, the computing giant pushed for businesses to break out and
adopt blockchain technologies.
https://dailyhodl.com/2018/04/03/ibm-touts-3-1-trillion-blockchain-future/
Hundreds attend Penn's first-ever Blockchain conference
The inaugural Penn Blockchain conference involved speakers at the forefront of blockchain’s development and more
than 300 attendees.
http://www.thedp.com/article/2018/04/blockchain-conference-wharton-upenn-currency-penn-philadelphia
BLOCKCHAIN – UPCOMING EVENTS
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
Blockchain in Healthcare Summit – 03 May, Chicago, IL
Join MATTER, the University of Illinois at Chicago, SAP, and Advanced Clinical Resources for the Blockchain in
Healthcare Summit!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blockchain-in-healthcare-summit-tickets-44609324691?aff=eivtefrnd
New Event – CHAIN EVENT: Blockchain Health Science Research Symposium – 12 May, Washington DC
Goal: To provide academic and government partners with an overview of blockchain/distributed ledger technology, its
potential impact on research, and practical steps for evaluating and developing use cases applied to health science
research. The primary audience will be academic and government health science researchers and administrators. The
material will be designed for technical non-experts.
Free, invite only, limited space, researchers prioritized. For more information email Sean Manion
(stmanion@gmail.com) and Kathleen Bourque (kibourque@loyola.edu) w/ CV/resume or LinkedIn
link/URL.
GMU-AFCEA Symposium 2018: Critical Issues in C4I – 22/23 May, GMU, Fairfax, VA
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, and Cyber brings academia,
industry and government together annually to address important issues in technology and systems R&D
https://www.afcea.org/event/?q=GMU-Home
The Second Annual Healthcare Blockchain Summit – 11/12 Jun, 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/