The document discusses the advancements and potential of blockchain technology in healthcare, highlighting partnerships and events aimed at improving healthcare data management and integrity. Notable initiatives include collaborations between companies like Hashed Health and Scientist.com, and a summit hosted by UIC/Matter focusing on practical use cases of blockchain in clinical research and patient care. Upcoming events aim to educate stakeholders on blockchain applications and foster discussions on its impact on health science research.

1. BLOCKCHAIN HEALTHCARE
SITUATION REPORT
BC/HC SITREP
Volume 2/Issue 18: 30 Apr – 06 May 2018 Science Distributed (www.sciencedistributed.com)
BLOCKCHAIN HEALTH & SCIENCE
Blockchain Offers to Solve Pain Points in Healthcare Data
Management
Blockchain may help to forge stronger connections between stakeholders and
streamline the complicated processes of healthcare data management.
https://healthitanalytics.com/news/blockchain-offers-to-solve-pain-points-in-
healthcare-data-management
Blockchain for healthcare – closer than we think?
Big opportunities, and challenges, ahead for the distributed ledger, from EHRs
to supply chain and security.
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/blockchain-healthcare-%E2%80%93-
closer-we-think
Hashed hooks up with supply chain specialists
The team at Hashed Health has secured another partner as it seeks to develop
and build out use cases for blockchain in health care.
“This partnership with GHX begins a new
chapter in our quest to create shared value in
the healthcare supply chain." John Bass,
Founder and CEO at Hashed Health
https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/health-
care/article/21003619/hashed-hooks-up-with-supply-chain-specialists
Life science research marketplace Scientist.com launches
blockchain platform to ensure data integrity
Scientist.com, an online marketplace for outsourced research focused on the
life science industry, has launched a blockchain-based platform to ensure
integrity of data and information.
https://www.econotimes.com/Life-science-research-marketplace-Scientistcom-
launches-blockchain-platform-to-ensure-data-integrity-1286671
WELCOME
I was privileged to be
part of UIC/MATTER’s
next-level Blockchain in
Healthcare Summit in
Chicago last week. This
event was the future
standard for user focus.
Executive Summary - p2.
We will be having our
first Chain Event at
Georgetown on 12 May
(p2), now with the UN.
Summary and formal
publication to follow.
Another established
company rolls out a
blockchain platform for
scientific integrity (p1).
Hopefully there’s cross-
talk on standards for
science across these
industry efforts.
If not, we’ll get it done.
– Sean T. Manion, PhD
stmanion@gmail.com
Science Distributed
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Research, Faster Miracles

2. US House Science and Tech Subcommittees to Discuss Blockchain For Supply Chain Management
Committee on Science, Space, & Technology subcommittees will hold a hearing on a popular blockchain use case.
https://www.ethnews.com/us-house-science-and-tech-subcommittees-to-discuss-blockchain-for-supply-chain-
management
Blockchain companies take aim at clean energy transaction costs
An Australian blockchain firm and Chicago startup partner on a project involving Northwestern University buildings.
https://energynews.us/2018/05/07/midwest/blockchain-companies-take-aim-at-clean-energy-transaction-costs/
Executive Summary – Blockchain in Healthcare Summit – UIC/MATTER, Chicago, IL (by Sean Manion)
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and MATTER (matter.health) teamed up to put on a Blockchain in Healthcare
Summit at the MATTER offices in Chicago on 03 May along with sponsors SAP and Advanced Clinical. I was invited to
present on blockchain for federal TBI research and was delighted to find one of the best, most balanced programs I’ve
come across in the blockchain healthcare space over the past two years. There was sufficient tech (UIC, SAP) and
business (UIC, MATTER) know-how in the room, but the focus was health, led by and for providers and researchers.
The UIC Clinical Informatics Fellows were the stars of the show with focus on Life Science Opportunities for Blockchain.
Organizer/Fellow Dr. Monique Diaz discussed applications to patient journeys in the rehab setting. CDR Roger Boodoo,
MD, who will soon be heading to the Defense Health Agency, focused on lung cancer screening. Dr. Al Alsadi gave
insight into using the tech for pathology specimen tracking. UIC students, faculty, and industry partners gave
additional blockchain use cases and demonstrations on areas from social determinants of health to health registries.
Steve Betts (CIO, Health Care Services Corp) and Aaron Symanski (CTO, Change Healthcare) gave pillars of vision with
their keynote addresses. Julie Ross (President) and Don Zinn (Practice Director) from Advanced Clinical presented an
outstanding look at the impact blockchain can have on clinical research and data management. Drs. Karl Kochendorfer
and Frederick Behm (UIC) delivered an overview of UIC’s blockchain education pathway and collaborations.
Organizers Dr. Monique Diaz (UIC), Dr. Matthew Liotine (UIC), Dr. Karl Kochendorfer (UIC), Don Ginocchio (SAP),
Arun Bhatia (MATTER), and Liz Kennedy (MATTER) along with their teams, great speakers, and the packed provider
and researcher rich audience have moved the bar for this type of blockchain and healthcare event.
BLOCKCHAIN & HEALTH SCIENCE – UPCOMING EVENTS
CHAIN EVENT: Blockchain Health Science Research Symposium – 12 May, Georgetown, 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 developing use cases applied to health science research.
Keynotes: Jose Arrieta, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Health and Human Services; and
Samson Williams, Co-founder Axes & Eggs; Chair Global Health Subcommittee – UN/Blockchain for Impact
Special Presentation: Gil Alterovitz, Harvard Medical School, Blockchain in Healthcare Today
How to Build a Blockchain for Research (Non-Technical Design Thinking): Science Distributed
Panels: “Blockchain Uses in Health Science Research,” & “Legal, Regulatory, and Other Considerations”
Blockchain, AI, and Emerging Tech Futures (Interactive): Lori Gordon, Futures Strategist, BRAINq
Free, but invite only due to limited space and specific focus. Researchers (including students) prioritized. For more
information on attending email Sean Manion (stmanion@gmail.com) and Kathleen Bourque (kibourque@loyola.edu)
w/ CV/resume or LinkedIn link/URL. A few seats remaining.
More Chain Events coming to additional universities/cities. If you are interested in bringing one to a university near
you, contact Sean Manion (stmanion@gmail.com) for details and further discussion.