These are the Blockchain Barriers to Implementation slides presented by Heather Flannery at Science Distributed's Blockchain & Health Science Research Event hosted at Georgetown University on 12 May 2018.

1. Blockchain’s Promise
of Interoperability:
an APG / HIMSS
Partnership
Part Two of Three, Presented By:
Heather Flannery, CEO, Obesity PPM
HIMSS Blockchain Work Group Member

2. Enabler of the “Quadruple Aim”
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Improve
Quality
Reduce
Costs
Improve Patient
Experience
Improve Provider
Experience
Blockchain
Technology

3. Blockchain is Technology Ideal
for…
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1. Process Automation: Especially Long-Running Processes
Involving Multiple Organizations
2. Secure Information Exchange: Including Sensitive, Private
Information
3. Tracking and Tracing of Assets: Tamper-Resistant,
Append-Only, Auditable, Distributed Ledger Among
Network Participants

4. To achieve Quadruple Aim we
must radically improve…
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5. Blockchain Doesn’t Exist in
Isolation…
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AI:
ML / DL /
NLP / RPA
Biotech,
Genomics
Blockchain
and DLTs
IoMT
Increasing cybersecurity:
• threat vectors
• attack frequency
• attack severity
Convergence of rapidly
maturing technology
innovations impacting
healthcare

6. Nine objectives to achieve in
blockchain for healthcare
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Industry-Wide Education
Pressure-Test Shared
Governance Models
Create Alternatives to
ICO for Project Financing

7. Nine objectives to achieve in
blockchain for healthcare
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Develop Industry Standards
(IEEE, etc.)
Develop Certification and
Trust Models
Resolve Cybersecurity
System Boundary Challenge

8. Nine objectives to achieve in
blockchain for healthcare
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Develop a Common
Heuristics Framework
Resolve Open Privacy and
Compliance Questions
Demonstrate Cross-Chain
Interoperability at Scale

9. An Evolutionary Approach
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