Partners in Digital Health: Recent Episodes

Tory Cenaj

Partners in Digital Health (PDH) is a forward-reaching media and communications company, catalyzing strategic thoughts-leaders, and new era thinkers that champion the acceleration of healthcare transformation. The portfolio converges leading academics, pragmatic innovators, and practitioners around the globe to assist in the acceleration of healthcare transformation, and better outcomes for health consumers presenting evidence based fact. PDH continuously pushes the boundaries of technology innovation in scholarly publication and ecosystem practices to bring trust, transparency, and truth to its audience, publishing the peer review journals Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine Today.

Reclaiming Healthcare: How DAOs and Decentralized Credentials are Cutting Out the Middleman

Dr. Leah Houston Founder and CEO, HPEC

The healthcare system is expensive, inefficient and frustrating due to unnecessary third parties and friction filled manual processes that get between patients and their doctors. Through decentralized identityby and credentialing we can create a distributed network of practicing doctors that connect connect securely, directly, privately with each other and with the patients they care for. We are building the future essentialized healthcare revolution and we can’t wait to build it with you.

The Last Mile: Why 90% of Biomedical AI Research is Stuck

Stephen Dennis

CTO, Softhread

Dr. Bob Rogers

Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, BeeKeeperAI

Over 90% of all biomedical AI research is stalled due to its inability to access real world protected health information to complete the required clinical validation and valuation prior to its deployment. With AI forecasted to improve patient outcomes by 40% and costs by 50% the new paradigm of zero trust must be adopted and leveraged to avoid the existential crisis facing biomedical AI research. Join us and learn how confidential computing and blockchain meet the requirements of zero trust.

What Elements of Blockchain Tech Can Healthcare Benefit from TODAY Without Committing to Decentralization

Bart Cant - CTO, Tydei.io
John Hatchell - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tydei.io

Speakers discuss:

The strategy for utilizing DAML for the purpose of progressive decentralization in enterprise
Converging how TradFi was brought on chain to innovate healthcare payments
Future strategies utilizing DAO’s and NFT’s in a heavily regulated environment

Open DLT for Patient Privacy Protection in the Age of Healthcare Consumerism

Maria Palombini Director, Healthcare & LIfe Science Global Practice Lead, IEEE SA
Sachin Shetty Associate Director , Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University, and Executive Director of the Center for Secure and Intelligent Critical Systems
Daniel Harrell, PhD Research Associate, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Key discussion points of this panel session include:

The role of open source DLTs in empowering and protecting patients data
The role of where technical and data standards are pragmatically needed
The technical and ethical considerations of patient data governance

Ajaz S. Hussain Strategic Advisor, Bright Path Laboratories, and BHTY Editor
Michael Dershem CEO, Apierion
Jim Nasr CEO, Acoer, and BHTY Editor
John Riley III Chief of Emerging Tech, IMPACTIFI
• Mohan Venkataraman Principal Consultant, Block10.ai

We gathered the authors of BHTY’s “2026 Healthcare Predictions: AI, Blockchain, and the Rise of Decentralized Innovation,” for a video and podcast conversation to unpack the forces redefining healthcare’s future.

The follow-up discussion moved beyond predictions into real-world implications, adoption hurdles, and execution risks across healthcare:

Blockchain, Trust, and Claims Management Insights into how decentralized architectures can improve trust, reduce claims friction, and create more transparent interactions among patients, payers, and providers.
Patient Agency and Health Data Sovereignty A focused discussion on decentralized identity, privacy-preserving data sharing, and the growing global shift toward patient-controlled health data.
AI + Blockchain in the Supply Chain Use cases in pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chains—including supplier verification, smart tags for condition monitoring, and the push for traceability and resiliency.
Decentralized Science (DeSci) How decentralized funding and peer review models are addressing bottlenecks in clinical research, preclinical discovery, and scientific collaboration.
AI Risk, Safety, and Centralization Concerns The panel addressed the unintended consequences of centralized health AI, emphasizing governance, bias mitigation, and regulatory alignment.
Payments, Digital Assets, and Readiness for 2026 A candid look at healthcare payment dysfunction, the role of digital assets and stablecoins, and why CXOs are beginning to engage seriously with these models.

Watch or listen to the conversation for extended analysis and candid perspectives from leaders working at the front lines of decentralized healthcare innovation.

More conversations will be featured at the annual ConV2X Decentralized Healthcare & Life Sciences Summit this September - where these themes move from theory to implementation.

Early Bird Registration is open at https://conv2xsymposium.com/cart

Safe AI for Healthcare

Jim Nasr CEO, Acoer
Jelani Clarke, PhD Executive Lead at DeSci World, and Sales & Marketing Head at AminoChain
Owais Durrani. MD Memorial Hermann Health System

The Coalition for Decentralized Healthcare and Life Sciences (CDHLS) brought together three pioneers at the intersection of medicine and decentralized technology for a candid conversation about what safe AI means for healthcare and how to make it so – including best practices.

Themes addressed include:

What is Safe AI?
Data Sovereignty in Healthcare: who owns the AI model and its memory?
Where does decentralization fit? How will it help reduce AI risk?
What is next?

This conversation is the second in a new podcast series launched in 2026 that dives into the decentralized science revolution.

From Innovation to Evidence: Publish What You've Proven

Paul Barach, PhD Principal, J. Bara Innovation; Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin, and THMT Associate Editor-in-Chief
Sandeep Bhat, MSE Former Senior Leader, Digital Engagement, Global Clinical Operations, GSK; Principal, Visualized Ventures, and THMT Editor
Liam William C. B. Harding, PhD Professor, Trine University, NSF Reviewer, Medtronic Distinguished Technical Fellow; and THMT Section Editor

This new podcast series explores real world research, its value, and enterprise perspectives on the topic. If you are deploying digital health solutions running pilots, generating real world outcomes, or tracking what works and what doesn't, you may find this series of particular interest. If work lives only in internal dashboards and slide decks, it's invisible to the clinicians, payers, regulators, and partners who need it most - those creating, building, developing solutions that transform real world practice and clinical applications.

Whether you work in pharma, a health plan, a digital health startup, or a health system—this will explain why publishing is now a strategic imperative, not just an academic exercise.

Regulators, payers, and health systems are demanding proof. Coverage decisions, partnership deals, and procurement conversations increasingly hinge on published evidence.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

What types of enterprise work qualify as publishable research (more than you think)
Why THMT is built for real world, practitioner led evidence—not just academic studies
How pharma, payers, and startups each benefit from publishing
How to overcome the most common barriers: time, legal concerns, and "we're not academics"
What editors are actively looking for right now—and how to get started

Medical Device Cybersecurity Standards: Raising the Bar for Patient Safety

Naomi Schwartz - Vice President, Regulatory Strategy, Medcrypt
Elizabeth Baker, PhD - Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University, and THMT Academic & Research Integrity Oversight
Maria Palombini - Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Global Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association

As healthcare becomes increasingly connected, medical device cybersecurity is no longer an IT issue — it is a patient safety imperative. In this expert discussion, three leaders at the intersection of regulation, standards, and innovation explore why cybersecurity must be embedded into the DNA of medical device design from day one.

Topics include:

Standards and Innovation — Raising the Bar
Purpose Driven Functionality & Protecting Patients
Predictability & Security in Procurement
Designing with Standards from the Start
Medical Devices in Patient Care Settings
FDA’s VEX Data & Quality Management Systems
Cybersecurity = Patient Safety
Be Proactive. Participate. Lead.

For more information on this subject visit:

Cybersecurity and Healthcare at DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/thmt.v10.652
Cybersecurity for Medical Device Certification video here

Publishing Where It Matters: A Candid Conversation

Paul Barach, MD, MPH THMT Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Principal at J. Bara Innovation, and Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-698X
Dr. Suhail Chughtai, FRCS, FFLM Clinical Director of Orthopaedics & Trauma, M L Professionals, London, UK, and AI Division Head, United Kingdom Digital Health & Care, UK - THMT Co-Editor-in-Chief https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7639-2833
Martin Curley, PhD Professor of Innovation at Maynooth University, Director of the Digital Health Ecosystem at the Innovation Value Institute, and a visiting professor at the University of Bath, Ireland - THMT Co-Editor-in-Chief

In a refreshingly open and candid podcast conversation, new Editors-in-Chief of Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) sat down to talk honestly about where the journal stands, where it is headed, and why they believe it occupies a genuinely distinct and necessary place in the scholarly landscape. The conversation was a frank dialogue among colleagues who care deeply about the field and want researchers to understand both the journal's purpose and its current realities.

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The Real Economics of Value Based Care

Erik Johnson Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead, Value Based Care, Optum
Lyle Berkowitz, MD Founder and Chairman, KeyCare and Editor-in-Chief, THMT

Is value based care truly aligning incentives — or redistributing financial risk across payers, providers, and patients in ways that compress margins and shift burden? Is telehealth a costsaving lever under properly structured risk contracts — or perceived as a margin threat?

At a time when value based care dominates policy rhetoric, this episode moves past theory and into financial reality. This discussion directly examines whether value based care is delivering on its economic promise — or simply reshuffling financial risk across the system.

This episode also addresses the deeper economic tension beneath the surface: Who wins, who loses, and who is subsidizing whom?

Many organizations talk about the power of data but too few really understand the full potential. Utilizing a strategic framework that redefines the roles of collaboration and innovation, see how one organization built competitive differentiators by expanding upon the concept of a data analytics platform to create a data operating system and beyond enterprise analytics to facilitating an ecosystem.

The 30% Problem: Solving Pharmaceutical Waste with Blockchain

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Learn the latest developments, solutions and forward-looking approaches with blockchain technology for healthcare. How do panelists view healthcare delivery systems changing through blockchain-powered technology? What solutions are they spearheading along with new models of collaborations with which they are involved? The panel will highlight how blockchain is leveraged to transform health systems.

How Blockchain Elevates Health Solutions and Services Today and in the Future

Kyle Culver Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana, and Co-Founder of the Synaptic Alliance

The healthcare industry is beginning to see real value created from blockchain powered solutions. The presentation spotlights what value and impact is being created for early adopters. The speaker will share informed insights for future applications and opportunities poised for business success.

The Decentralized Hospital: Breaking the Traditional Healthcare Model

Dr. Sandeep Pulim

Until recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.

The Interoperability Blueprint: Building the Rails for Nationwide Data

Jim Markwith | Managing Partner, Markwith Law
Dr. Christophe E. Jackson | Clinical Design Engineer, Gideon

The goal of achieving nationwide patient access is getting closer to reality with the establishment of nationwide electronic healthcare record networks, and with the emergence of TEFCA. Interoperability and privacy standards are critical to achieve efficiency and to provide secure patient access applications.

Windows to the Mind: How Your Eyes Reveal Your Brain’s Secrets

Sai Mattapalli - Vytal.ai, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Rohan Kalahasty - Vytal.ai, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

In the past five years, artificial intelligence has revolutionized healthcare by enabling earlier detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. A recent breakthrough involves using eye-tracking technology to identify ocular biomarkers, aiding in the early detection of conditions like Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases.

Eye movement tests, previously costly and complex, have become accessible through smartphone and laptop cameras. These tests help detect a range of conditions, from degenerative disorders to brain injuries, improving patient outcomes and facilitating telehealth.

This technology not only benefits patients but also advances the study of brain health. By delving into neurology and treatment efficacy, it may provide insights into the causes of neurodegenerative diseases.

The future potential of gaze tracking is promising, with non-invasive, cost-effective systems offering hope for earlier diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, addressing a significant gap in healthcare. The eyes are not just windows to the soul but also a gateway to the brain's health.

Evaluating LLMs in Healthcare: A ConV2X Panel Discussion

Sandeep Reddy, MBBS, MSc, PhD Director, MBA (Healthcare Management), Deakin School of Medicine, and Chairman, Medi-AI
Alexandre Lebrun CEO, Nabla
Adam Chee, PhD Chief, Smart Health Leadership Centre, Institute of Systems Science National University of Singapore
Moderator: Dimitris Kalogeropoulos, PhD CEO, Global Health and Digital Innovation Foundation

How do we evaluate large language models for use in healthcare? What are the trusted frameworks for value assessment? Is automation through GPT successfully addressing the healthcare administrative and workforce crisis? What about clinical decision making? Expect a candid discussion from these experts on the implications of LLM’s and AI in Primary Care in the US and around the globe.

Learning Outcomes • Acquire knowledge of the fundamental principles of large language models • Understand how these models are trained and deployed in a healthcare context • Learn how to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of large language models in healthcare • Understand the measures used in determining the success of these models, such as improved patient outcomes, efficiency in operations, and patient satisfaction • Learn to apply evaluation or translational frameworks in assessing the value of large language models • Gain insights into how automation, specifically through GPT, is helping to solve healthcare administrative challenges • Learn about the use of large language models in clinical decision-making • Understand the strengths and limitations of these models in making clinical decisions, administration, and the ethics

What Is DeSci: Challenges and Market Perceptions

Authors

Jelani Clarke, PhD Executive Lead, DeSci World, and Sales & Marketing Head at AminoChain
Filippo Frangioni Product Manager, Novo Nordisk, and Head of Partnerships at Nordic Blockchain Association
Jim Nasr CEO, Acoer

Themes tackled include:

The perception problem: Why does DeSci still sound like sci-fi to most scientists?
Funding friction: Can decentralized models compete with traditional grants and venture capital?
Data ownership: Who really owns research data, and how can blockchain change that?
Regulatory roadblocks: What happens when innovation moves faster than policy?
Real world implementation: Beyond the hype, where is DeSci actually working today?

From pharmaceutical giants to grassroots research collectives, these leaders shared unfiltered insights on what's holding DeSci back—and what could accelerate its adoption.

Intrigued?

This conversation is the first in a new podcast series launching in 2026 that will dive deeper into the decentralized science revolution. We'll explore:

Case studies of successful DeSci projects
Interviews with researchers and policy makers
Delve into tokenomics, DAOs, and data sovereignty
The intersection of AI, biotech, and decentralized systems

The future of science is being built by innovators, technologists, and researchers willing to challenge the status quo.

How Blockchain Brings Trust to the International Supply Chain and Healthcare

Dan Purtell - Director of Innovation, British Standards Association

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Health Data Marketplace - Challenges, Possibilities, and the Path Forward

Francisco Curbera, PhD, is Senior Vice President for Engineering and Research atAccrete.ai,
Shahram Ebadollahi, PhD, MBA, is an entrepreneur, advisor, board member andcurrently provides strategic consultation to companies in the broad area of AI in enterprise.
Olivier Elemento, PhD, is a tenured full professor of physiology and biophysics atWeill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Cornell University.

AI's explosive growth has created unprecedented demand for healthcare data at scale, yet establishing trusted health data marketplaces remains elusive despite clear benefits. This special ConV2X Decentralized Health Podcast explores the persistent obstacles preventing these platforms from emerging, examines the competing forces shaping this landscape, and discusses actionable pathways to unlock permission based data access for advancing AI driven healthcare breakthroughs.

Cybersecurity and Healthcare

Maria Palombini, MBA Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Global Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association
Alex Romanovich, Moderator Founder and CEO, Global Edge Markets

Healthcare cybersecurity incidents have become too common. In this episode, IEEE’s Maria Palombini breaks down why the explosion of connected medical technologies has intensified vulnerability — and how taking a security first approach can strengthen digital health without hindering innovation.

Maria explains how IEEE’s collaborative, consensus driven standards give developers clear guidance to integrate cybersecurity from the start. This proactive model streamlines regulatory pathways, minimizes costly redesigns, and ultimately fuels faster, safer innovation — just as foundational technical standards have paved the way for Wi-Fi, telehealth, and remote monitoring.

Looking ahead to 2030, Maria envisions a connected care ecosystem where security, interoperability, and patient trust is earned through design — not as an afterthought.

For anyone working in medical devices, cybersecurity, or compliance, this discussion offers timely guidance on advancing resilient, responsible digital health solutions.

THMT's ConV2X Team extends sincere thanks to both speakers and their organizations for their support of ConV2X and for contributing their expertise to advance safer, smarter healthcare innovation.

Decentralized Identity Management (DIM) in Healthcare: Technologies and Use Cases

Hear from those on the front lines implementing this technology successfully for healthcare clients. Learn where the state of business adoption and success stands. Listeners will gain an overall market education in the first of this series featuring Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and companies demonstrating successful use cases.

Daniela Barbosa Podcast Moderator and General Manager, Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation, and Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Ken Ebert CTO, Indicio
Keela Rose Shatzkin President and CEO, Shatzkin Systems

Jerry Cuomo Retired IBM Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor, North Carolina State University, USA

This talk introduces Trustworthy Computing as a shift toward systems built on verifiable, transparent, and privacy-respecting foundations. Using blockchain and AI, it explores real-world impacts—from food safety and identity protection to AI transparency and machine unlearning—emphasizing the transition from reputational trust to algorithmic trust in everyday digital life.

Health care and Life Sciences professionals will find particular relevance in applications that enhance drug authenticity, patient data privacy, and AI reliability in decision making.

This 45 minute keynote presents new information and research in development in the theme areas below:

Enhanced Security Frameworks

Advanced approaches to drug authenticity verification
Next generation patient data privacy protection
Cybersecurity strategies for healthcare systems

As artificial intelligence evolves from a supportive tool to an autonomous agent, the foundations of medical education face a seismic shift. In this THMT Podcast episode, we explore how agentic AI systems - capable of independent decision making, reasoning, and adaptive learning, is transforming how future physicians are trained, assessed, and accredited. What happens when core disciplines like pathology, radiology, and diagnostics become largely automated? How do we redefine the educator’s role, ensure equity in access, and prepare clinicians for a future where human judgment and machine intelligence must seamlessly coexist? Join distinguished guests as they unpack the challenges and opportunities shaping the next generation of medical education.

Fredric B. Meyer, M.D. Enterprise Chair, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic
Peter McCaffrey Chief AI Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and VP, University of Texas Medical Branch
Sarah B. Harper, MA, MBA Manager AI, Analytics, and Automation initiatives, and Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration, Mayo Clinic Health System

Beyond Telehealth: Industry Leaders Discuss Building Scalable, Patient Centered Connected Care Solutions

Todd Cornell President and CEO, MedWand Solutions, Inc
Dr. Milton Chen CEO and Cofounder, VSee
William C. B. Harding, PhD Professor, Trine University, NSF Reviewer, Distinguished Technical Fellow, Medtronic
Prof. Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA - Moderator Director of Education for the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)

An insightful discussion with distinguished telehealth experts and industry innovators as they explore the cutting edge of connected healthcare. Topics of discussion include:

Video first telehealth platforms and their role in democratizing healthcare access
Perspectives on healthcare technology infrastructure and connectivity solutions
Current trends in remote patient monitoring
The integration of connected care devices in clinical workflows, platform scalability challenges
The future of patient centered digital health solutions

This episode offers valuable insights for healthcare professionals, technology developers, and policy makers interested in the practical deployment of telehealth solutions and the evolution of connected care ecosystems.

AI and Reimbursement

Aditi U. Joshi MD, MSc Global Digital Health Consultant, Bestselling Author, and Emergency Physician
Matt Fisher Partner, Hancock, Daniel & Johnson, P.C.
Charles Dunham Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

As AI continues to reshape clinical decision making and operational efficiency, one major question looms large: how do we pay for it—and who pays the price when something goes wrong?

In this THMT Unscripted podcast episode, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of AI reimbursement codes and explore how they differ from traditional digital medicine and remote monitoring programs. We'll unpack how health systems and digital health companies can set themselves up to use these codes effectively—and what happens when care, efficiency, or liability shifts from human to machine.

We’ll also explore the future of time based billing, the complexities of patient transparency, and what it really means when AI "saves time" but introduces new layers of risk. From direct pay models to health plans and employers, you'll hear perspectives that challenge how we think about value and trust in AI powered care.

Don't miss this conversation on the front lines of healthcare’s AI transformation.

Discussion Questions:

How are AI reimbursement codes different from other digital medicine codes?
How do companies and health systems set their programs up to use these codes?
What should happen to time-based codes when AI reduces physician time?
Who is liable when AI-assisted clinical decisions lead to harm?
What information on AI performance should be presented to clinicians at point of care?
What obligations exist when patients ask about AI use in their care?

Why Industry-Wide Standards Matter In Fulfilling the Intent of DSCSA

Christiane Wirrig, PhD | Customer Success Manager, Spherity
David Kessler | Co-owner and President, Legisym

Discussion on the importance of standardization in order to digitalize the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain as motivated by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

Key topics

What is DSCSA?
What does FDA’s Stabilization Period mean?
Why do technology standards matter and how are they being implemented, i.e. interoperability through standards?
Focus on standardization, due diligence in the context of DSCSA-regulated digitally managed pharma supply chain
2023 readiness in relation to stabilization period until 2024
Inspections will keep happening
ATP is mandatory, authentication & authorization
Data security

Preserving Digital Identity, Data Provenance and Secure Privacy-Preserving Transactions to Harness Socially Responsible Global Data Sharing

Thomas Hardjono, PhD Chief Technical Officer, MIT Connection Science and Engineering. MIT Connection Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Florence Hudson, BSE Founder & CEO, FDHint, LLC; Chair, IEEE-Standards Association working group (IEEE/UL P2933) for Clinical Internet of Things (IOT) Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS – Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protections, Safety, Security

Our world has not caught up with technology, and as a result has become more dangerous and nefarious with clandestine actors. Learn what reputable organizations, businesses and academic pioneers are doing to preserve digital identity, data provenance, universal access, and secure privacy-preserving transactions, to harness socially responsible global data sharing.

Enterprise Blockchain & AI Infrastructure: Powering the Future of Decentralized Healthcare – Part 1

Mark Rakhmilevich, Group VP, Product Management and Development Fintech, Blockchain, Transaction Management, Mission-Critical Systems, Oracle Corporation
Mohan Venkataraman, Principal Consultant, Block10.ai

Decentralized healthcare is no longer a distant vision—it’s an emerging reality that demands secure, scalable, and intelligent infrastructure. This podcast explores how enterprise grade blockchain platforms and artificial intelligence are converging to create next generation health ecosystems – there is a significant value proposition that professionals are waking up to. Topics will include:

Drivers pushing the healthcare industry towards decentralized technology
How blockchain and AI address data silos and trust issues in healthcare
Critical components for decentralized healthcare—a secure data layer, intelligent automation, etc.
How the Oracle blockchain platform meets scale, performance, and compliance needs in healthcare
How AI and blockchain technically integrate
How decentralized technologies with AI ensure compliance with HIPAA for data sharing
Example of blockchain + AI solution delivering real value in healthcare
How blockchain and AI are impacting supplier risk management in the pharmaceutical industry
The next frontier for AI and blockchain in healthcare

Whether you're an enterprise CTO, innovation lead, or digital health strategist, this session delivers leading edge insight into the platforms and protocols shaping decentralized care—and how AI is supercharging it.

The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Blockchain for EHRs

Jim Poteet Sr. Director, Revenue Cycle Development, Oracle Health, Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Mike Gault CEO, Guardtime, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD Chief Data Scientist, Sentinel Operations Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Suresh Sivagnanam Founder, Vdoc, London, England
Alex Norta, PhD Founder, CEO, Dymaxion OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia
Moderator: Horst Treiblmaier, PhD Head of the School of International Management, Modul University Vienna

Panelists discuss blockchain technology use for electronic health records, and specifically delve into the benefits that blockchain brings to EHRs, but also discuss what its pitfalls and limitations are; including presenting perspectives from academia, and examples from practitioners.

From Blueprint to Reality: Building a Scalable Healthcare Technology Stack

Michael Carter explores the journey of the MGB Enterprise Architecture team from conceptualizing a blueprint to implementing a fully functional healthcare technology stack, including marketing technology, engagement center platforms, and digital patient-facing services such as #digitalhealth and #virtualcare.

Mike discusses critical architectural models used, challenges faced, and the innovative solutions developed to overcome obstacles. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for creating a scalable tech stack, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement.

Join Michael Carter, Sr. Dir, Enterprise Architect, Mass General Brigham Hospital, and other leading experts, presenting over 10 hours of content of exclusive content not available elsewhere

Why Blockchain is Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and Systems

DLT, AI, and ZK are Coming Together: Barrier Breakers for Mainstream Adoption?

Sathya Krishnasamy, MS, President, ChainAim

This session will cover changes over the year, and what’s next including:

Macro parameters and regulations
How the DLT area has evolved
How other technology events have affected DLT
How Web 3 is shaping up to be a merge of DLT, AI, and ZK
What does this mean to global Healthcare?

See https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v6.280 and https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v7.309 for background information.

Decentralized Healthcare: Bridging Technology, Society, and Partnerships for Maximum Impact

Hui Huang, PhD, Co-Founder Etheros HealthData Foundation, Former Vice President, Head of Global Value & Access Oncology

The presentation includes topics such as:

Current state of decentralized healthcare technologies and their applications – what have we learned?
Algo-vision: Reimagining societal impact through health tech innovation – why should we consider both technology and society?
Unlocking hidden value through NGO and Public-Private Partnership – how to strategize your tech innovation to maximize its impact?
Strategies for integrating societal factors to drive market growth and ethical innovation
Opportunities for cross-sector, cross-border collaboration in decentralized healthcare

AI Adoption in Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities

Calvin Lawrence Distinguished Engineer – Responsible AI , Member of AI Ethics Board and Academy of Technology, IBM
Seth Dobrin, PhD Founder and CEO, Qantm AI
Gil Alterovitz, PhD Director, Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory Harvard Medical School, Member of CHAI
Yoav Schlesinger Architect, Ethical AI Practice, Healthcare Salesforce
Moderator: Dennis Chornenky Chief AI Advisor UC Davis Health and CEO, Domelabs AI

Revenue Automation Enhancing Operational Efficiencies and Financial Tools for CROs and Clinical Sites

Rama Rao CEO/Co-Founder, Bloqcube, Inc., Bridgewater, New Jersey
Enrico Perfler CEO, 1Med CRO, Agno, Switzerland

This ConV2X 2024 fireside chat delves into the critical financial challenges faced by CROs and sites, including delayed payments, unpredictable cash flows, and the impact of inflation on long-term contracts.

Speakers present interesting perspectives between a systems vendor and a lifescience leader.

Insights from the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) highlight the precarious financial position many sites find themselves in—26% of sites have a mere six months of financial runway, while 10% are one late payment away from shutting down.

Viewers will gain valuable insights into the current financial landscape of clinical trials, understand the pressing need for operational efficiency, and learn about innovative solutions that can help bridge the financial gaps faced by sites and CROs. This session is essential for anyone involved in clinical research who is looking to improve financial sustainability and operational effectiveness.

Speakers discuss:

The financial challenges impeding site and CRO performance, with a focus on delayed payments, financial forecasting difficulties, and the impact of inflation.
Discuss the role of operational inefficiencies in exacerbating financial stress, particularly in the context of budget negotiations and Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs).
Present potential solutions, including how blockchain technology could revolutionize financial management in clinical trials, providing greater transparency, efficiency, and financial stability.

To register for ConV2X 2025, please visit https://conv2xsymposium.com

Agentic AI and Ethics in Telemedicine

Speakers:

Shanil Ebrahim
Dr. Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos
Sarah Harper, MA, MBA

Join Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) for this exceptional face-paced Unscripted Podcast. Hear experts discuss experiences and opinions about Agentic AI and ethics. Access the No Pay Wall podcast at DOI:

Topics that will be discussed are:

What does "agentic AI" mean in a healthcare context, and how does it differ from traditional decision-support tools?
What ethical tensions arise when AI agents begin to make or recommend autonomous decisions in patient care?
What safeguards should be in place to prevent algorithmic bias or patient harm in remote care settings—especially when patients and providers are not co-located?
When agentic AI goes wrong, who’s responsible, and how do we ensure accountability in cross-border virtual care?
How can health systems build trust in agentic AI when the algorithms themselves may not be fully explainable—even by their creators?
How are organizations operationalizing AI ethics beyond principles and into practice—especially when the tech moves faster than policy?

Artificial Intelligence in Telemedicine

Waqas Ahmed, MD, FACP Founder & CEO American TelePhysicians
Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA Chief Clinical Officer, OutcomesAI
Sarah Harper, MA, MBA Manager – AI, Analytics, and Automation, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Instructor of Healthcare Administration, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic
Moderator: Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA Director of Education, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), LATAM Regional Editor, THMT, and Director of SPECIS Health Consulting , Brazil

Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) editors and members of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealt (ISfTeH) for this face-paced conversation. Hear frontline experts discuss real world experiences and opinions about AI, improving patient care, and operational efficiency within the healthcare sector.

Topics that will be discussed the conversation will include are:

How to move beyond pilot purgatory to focus on what really matters - outcomes.
Drawing on real-world examples from community-based healthcare
Practical strategies for defining success, embedding remeasurement cycles, and using AI and automation to advance equity and efficiency
How AI is reducing documentation burden and surfacing timely clinical insight to support virtual and remote care nurses
Why co-developing with nurses is critical, and how to build safe, trusted AI tools that fit the realities of telehealth and remote clinical environments.
How AI agents can manage remote follow-ups, symptom monitoring, and patient education
Virtual Brain Health

How Blockchain Technology Impacts Research and Scholarly Outputs Including Attribution, Reproducibility, Immutibility and Peer Review

Tory Cenaj (Moderator) Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine Today
Courtney Morris ARTiFACTS, President, Co-Founder
Sean Manion Science Distributed, Chief Executive

Technologies and Applications for Decentralized Identity in Healthcare

Daniela Barbosa Podcast Moderator and General Manager, Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation, and Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Ken Ebert CTO, Indicio
Keela Rose Shatzkin President and CEO, Shatzkin Systems

Key discussion points

Decentralized identity in healthcare
State of the market
Key technologies
Deployments and real world use cases

Hear from those on the front lines implementing this technology successfully for healthcare clients. Learn where the state of business adoption and success stands. Listeners will gain an overall market education in the first of this series featuring Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and companies demonstrating successful use cases.

Questions

What’s the role of decentralized identity in healthcare, and how do you define it?
What are some of the key use cases you can highlight for the audience?
What are the key technologies used? What does the tech stack look like?
What’s the role of verifiable credentials? Blockchain? Agents?
How do open source, standards, and community development projects drive progress in healthcare and interoperability?
What are the business implications and drivers for decentralized ID in healthcare today? Where is it getting traction? Are there success stories to share?
What should we expect next in the USA?

Health Unchained Podcast on New Decentralized Industry Coalition

Ray Dogum - CEO, Health Unchained

Speakers Jim Nasr, CEO Acoer, and Nitin Gaur, Former CEO, LedgerLink.ai, discuss decentralized healthcare and life sciences initiatives. The conversation explores the Coalition for Decentralized Healthcare and Life Sciences (CDHLS), which aims to unite global stakeholders from healthcare, technology, academia, and regulatory sectors to enhance healthcare delivery, equity, security, and cross boarder collaboration. Both Nitin and Jim elaborate on their roles in the coalition, the benefits for members, and the necessity of working groups to drive industry transformation. They also discuss the importance of blockchain, the challenges in healthcare data management, and the potential impact of AI in this space.

Concepts explored during the conversation include:

Financial systems interacting with health
AI agents interacting with AI agents, exchanging value and micro payments
Building frameworks that make it easy to consume for CIOs around globe
Blockchain transaction framework
AI analytical framework
Privacy preservation data complying with HIPAA and HL7
Coming together to solve industry problems
Real world implementations, use cases - including reporting, health data, and DeSci, clinical innovations and research, tokenization, ethical AI, and verifiable intelligence
Stable coins for cross border payments
Full access to data, and payments around globe
Supply chain ecosystem, pharmacy, pharma, insurance/payors, clinics, doctors, and patients
Who will new intermediaries be to move data, bill, and secure the data?
Industry coming to terms with patients inability to own their own data without an intermediary
Bridge TradSci and DeSci
Protecting patient rights

This is a must-listen for anyone passionate about the future of health, technology, and decentralized collaboration.

CDHLS – The New Coalition for Decentralized Health and Life Sciences

A special edition of the Partners in Digital Health podcast, as we listen in to our friends over at Health Unchained!

Summary

In this episode, we welcome Ray Dogum of Health Unchained, Nitin Gaur, CTO of LedgerLink.ai, and Jim Nasr, CEO of Acoer, to discuss decentralized healthcare and life sciences initiatives. The conversation explores the Coalition for Decentralized Healthcare and Life Sciences (CDHLS), which aims to unite global stakeholders from healthcare, technology, academia, and regulatory sectors to enhance healthcare delivery, equity, security, and collaboration. Both Nitin and Jim elaborate on their roles in the coalition, the benefits for members, and the necessity of working groups to drive industry transformation. They also discuss the importance of blockchain, the challenges in healthcare data management, and the potential impact of AI in this space. The episode concludes with insights into their personal health practices and the broader implications of decentralized health innovations.

Bryan Arkwright | CEO, Cromford Heath

Opportunities for Collaboration and Innovation with Swarm Learning

Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Prof. Dr. Joachim L. Schultze, Director Systems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE); Director, Genomics & Immunoregulation, LIMES-Institute, University of Bonn Germany
Krishnaprasad Shastry, Director, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Vikram Shetty, Medical Director, Singapore and Asia Area Lung Cancer Lead, AstraZeneca

Key learnings will include:

Understanding the differences between federated machine vs swarm learning
The technical, policy and application barriers when it relates to transferring significant amounts of data
The steps and frameworks needed to drive wider understanding and adoption of the technology in clinical R&D
The pharma perspective: where does Swarm AI offer new solutions yet to be introduced to the drug development process

State of Telehealth and Digital Health Trends 2025

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS - CEO, KeyCare and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Shayan Vyas, MD, MBA, FAAP - Executive Vice President, Hippocratic AI, Palo Alto, California, USA

Join Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) editors for this fast paced conversation. Hear two frontline early adopter clinicians discuss real world experiences and opinions about AI, improving patient care and operational efficiency within the healthcare sector. Questions asked during the conversation include:

What’s AI powered virtual care for the consumer and physician end user?
What are new features in automation to adopt and ease workflow stress and efficiency
What the impact on the administration and revenue cycle?
How do we automate simple tasks to reduce duplicative efforts?
How do we get data and patients in front of clinicians faster?
What’s the trust level using AI for clinicians today vs. next year?
How good is early detection and vital signs with AI?

The Imminent Quantum Computing threat

Dr. Renee Bovelle - Owner and Medical Director, Envision Eye & Laser Center
Dr. Robert Campbell - CEO, Med Cyber Security

How Blockchain Transforms Payer Processes to Create a Person-Centered Experience

Gabriela Pelin Chief Innovation Officer, Avaneer Health
Mark Treshock Executive Director, Emerging Technology, CVS Health
Bob Holzer Sr. Director Technology Exploration, Health Care Service Corporation

The panel discussion will cover how blockchain enables a more person-centered experience from the beginning of care through payment. With examples from real-world use cases, the discussion will explore how healthcare organizations can better collaborate together using blockchain, co-create workflows and joint processes, and deliver a better experience.

The discussion will answer these questions:

How are blockchain-enabled solutions more focused on the person?
What does the network solve that isn’t addressed by other solutions?
How do your use cases transform the member’s experience?
What ways can providers and payers collaborate and work together better using blockchain?

How National Infrastructure Today is Paving the Way for a Digitally Native Healthcare Ecosystem in the Years Ahead

Stephen Konya Senior Advisor, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

Addressing Challenges Associated with Contract Management, GPO Interactions, and Chargeback Adjudication with Blockchain

Corey Greco VP, Sales Operations, Armas Pharmaceutials

Patient-Centered Healthcare with Blockchain

Mary Butler-Everson SVP, Commercial Growth, Avaneer Health

The Telehealth Players That Will Win Vs. Lose In The Near Future

Katrin Zimmermann - Managing Director, TLGG, North America

There are three types of known “telehealth players” and only two will prevail in the future. The first type are credible known entities like Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, or Amazon Care, which would be their online arm. The second type will be telehealth solutions that broker availability of different services between brands. The third type – and the one that won’t work – is the standalone solution. From a patient standpoint, more credibility is needed to use these services. Smart market players in the telehealth industry anticipate future trends and make sure business focuses on several consumer problems, not one.

Further, there are concerns about equitable access to telehealth services, particularly for video telehealth – something HCPs and telehealth companies should think about as telehealth becomes a long-term/permanent solution. Basic technological barriers like lack of broadband access, digital literacy, social isolation, disparities in technology/device ownership prevent patients from engaging with their providers via telehealth. These barriers have disproportionate impacts across different populations. Additionally, social data gaps – low technology for certain sub-populations indicates minimal data availability.

NASA Space Medicine Operations Current Challenges and Opportunities

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Josef Schmid III - NASA Flight Surgeon and Major General (retired), Mobilization Assistant to the Surgeon General of the Air Force

Enabling Healthcare Systems to Deliver Better Care Beyond the Four Walls of the Hospital

Dr. Sandeep Pulim - Medical Director, Biofourmis

Until recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.

Data Recycling as a Sustainability Prerequisite for the New Telehealth Paradigm

Dr. Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos - Advisor, WHO, World Bank, European Commission

Telehealth provides an opportunity to change rules of engagement, reach out to neglected communities, and uncharted populations at the touch of a button, redefining a transformative vision from disconnection to a well-orchestrated consortium of value-based care and patient-centered services. All we need to do is to develop a ‘digital resource recycling’ mentality, and technology will take care of the rest.

The new telehealth paradigm supports outreach, connectivity and interaction, offering an opportunity to put an end to the current innovation predicament and function on a platform that we can scale and radically transform the pace and permanence of integration in health and care systems. The challenge is an overproduction of data, already contributing to the global carbon footprint. This is where data recycling comes in...

Economic, Regulatory and Cultural Reasons Why Decentralized Health is Successful in EMDE

Dr. Alex Cahana - Partner, Impact Rooms

Current Challenges Impacting Innovation and Trust in the Use of mRPM

Maria Palombini - Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Narendra Mangra - Co-Chair, IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Program
Michael Carter - Program Director, Mass Brigham General
Shayan Vyas - Vice President & Medical Director, Clinical Operations, Teladoc Health

The Next Generation of Telehealth

ConVerge2Xcelerate (ConV2X) 2024 Presentation

Tech is expensive, hospitals are closing and rural America is suffering. Access and workflow problems still exist, so how do we make this a workable success? Translating efficiencies do exist for consumer and health systems, but the elephant in the room is financial incentives and paying physicians for volume. Perhaps payors need to step up? Panelists end with near term predictions. This sizzling discussion, complete with sparks over EHR vendors, present a no holes barred discussion with those at the forefront and in the trenches of healthcare.

The discussion provides a window into the calibre and intensiy of discussions throughout the annual ConV2X 2024 On Demand, Blending Technology to Meet Patient Needs, located at https://telehealth.conv2xsymposium.com/agenda

Shayan Vyas, MD, MBA - Executive Vice-President, Clinical Solutions and Business Development at Hippocratic AI, Palo Alto, California, USA
Greg Caressi, MBA - Sr. Vice President, Chief Customer Engagement Officer, Americas Regional Leader, Frost and Sullivan, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA - Chief Clinical Officer, OutcomesAI, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Bill Fera, MD - Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Pittsburgh, Pensylvannia, USA
Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KeyCare, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ritesh Patel, Moderator - Managing Partner, Global Digital Health, FINN Partners, Nw York, New York, USA

Leveraging Blockchain and AI for Pharma Supply Chain Efficiency

ConVerge2Xcelerate (ConV2X) 2024 Presentation: Managing Supplier Risk in Supply Chain with AI and Blockchain – A TYS Perspective

Mohan Venkataraman MMS, MS (Bio Sciences) - CTO, Chainyard, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA

The presentation discusses the potential of blockchain and AI to revolutionize the pharmaceutical supply chain. The author, with a rich history in healthcare technology, highlights the inefficiencies and challenges faced by the industry, particularly in areas like drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution. Blockchain technology, with its ability to create immutable records, can enhance transparency, traceability, and security across the supply chain. This can help in tracking the journey of drugs from raw materials to the final product, reducing the risk of counterfeiting and ensuring quality. AI, on the other hand, can optimize various processes, such as drug discovery, clinical trials, and supply chain logistics. By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI can identify patterns, predict trends, and make informed decisions. This can accelerate drug development, improve manufacturing efficiency, and optimize inventory management. The integration of blockchain and AI can create a powerful synergy, leading to significant improvements in the pharmaceutical supply chain. This includes enhanced patient safety, reduced costs, and faster time-to-market for new drugs. The presentation provides a concise view of the health care supply chain processes and discusses AI patterns such as RAG, GAM and Fine-Tuning methods such as LoRA and QLoRa that can help in building trust in the supply chain.

Using Blockchain to Create Workflows and Joint Processes, and Deliver a Better Experience.

Why Do Technology Standards Matter and How Are They Being Implemented

Christiane Wirrig, PhD | Customer Success Manager, Spherity
David Kessler | Co-owner and President, Legisym

Discussion on the importance of standardization in order to digitalize the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain as motivated by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

Key topics

What is DSCSA?
What does FDA’s Stabilization Period mean?
Why do technology standards matter and how are they being implemented, i.e. interoperability through standards?
Focus on standardization, due diligence in the context of DSCSA-regulated digitally managed pharma supply chain
Inspections will keep happening
ATP is mandatory, authentication & authorization
Data security

How the Healthcare Industry is Beginning to See Real Value Created from Blockchain Powered Solutions

Kyle Culver - Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana, and Co-Founder of the Synaptic Alliance

Speakers on the podcast authored a paper in BTHY journal entitled “From Sharing to Selling: Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing a Digital Health Data Marketplace Using Blockchain Technologies,” https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.184

Their ongoing work is discussed for the DHDM operation outlined along with current developments and future work. Questions addressed are below:

What inspired the authors to explore the use of blockchain technology in healthcare data sharing and monetization?
What are the key challenges and opportunities identified in establishing a digital health data marketplace using blockchain technologies?
What are the potential socioeconomic impacts of a digital health data marketplace on patients, healthcare providers, and researchers, and how do you see the economics of health data developing into dynamic systems that will reflect in the processes of care delivery and management?
What are the next steps for the research? Are there ongoing projects or collaborations the audience can expect to be excited about?

Reduction of Preoperative Anxiety Using Virtual Reality vs Midazolam: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Anthony Koo, MD - Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Sanjana Khanna, BS - Clinical Research Coordinator/Project Manager, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Matthew Pankratz, PhD - Certified Child Life Specialist, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Vanessa Pohl, BS - Clinical Research Coordinator, Phoenix Children's Hospital; Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Neil Singhal, MD - Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Vice-Chief of Pain Medicine, Research Director of Pain Management, Phoenix Children's Hospital; Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Mohan Venkataraman, CTO, Chainyard

This podcast will explore how a digital transformation advisory firm is addressing critical risks and compliance challenges within the complex supply chain. The pharma supply chain is complex where supplier on boarding and third-party risk management becomes crucial. Using TYS, a groundbreaking platform that leverages blockchain as a foundation for trust, AI and machine learning, learn how to enhance buyer-supplier collaboration and minimize supplier risk.

Understanding Strategic Planning to Optimize Market Success and Maintain Regulatory Compliance

Charles C. Dunham, IV - Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Houston, Texas, USA
Carsten Kociok - Local Partner, Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP, Berlin, Germany

Improved Patient Access to Healthcare Information Through Decentralized Ledger Technology

The panel explores the application of blockchain technology within the healthcare sector, focusing on its potential to enhance trust, transparency, and connectivity while reinforcing patient-centered control of data access. The discussion examines the opportunities for patient empowerment and improved patient access to healthcare information through decentralized ledger technology. The panel features industry experts providing insights into current trends, challenges, and future prospects of blockchain in pharmaceuticals, emphasizing broader use cases beyond specific organizations.

Objectives

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of blockchain technology in the pharmaceutical industry and its potential impact on patient care and relationships with the healthcare system.
Explore the opportunities presented by blockchain for improving trust, transparency, and audibility in data sharing within the healthcare and medical environment.
Understand the significance of patient-centered control in accessing, storing, and utilizing healthcare data and how blockchain can contribute to enhancing patient empowerment.
Discuss the challenges and considerations associated with implementing blockchain in the pharmaceutical sector and explore strategies to overcome them while ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.

Failure Avoidance vs. Failure Recovery

Sarah B. Harper, MA, MBA - Operations Manager, Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Informatics, and Instructor of Healthcare Administration, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA
Samuel West, PhD - Curator and Founder, The Museum of Failure, Helsingborg, Sweden
Paul Barach, BS, MD - Thomas Jefferson University, USA; Imperial College London, UK; Principal at J. Bara Innovation, and Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin, USA

Rebel Patients and Caregivers Podcast – Part II

Susannah Fox, Author - Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, USA
Paul Barach, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin, USA
Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA - Former Vice President, Product and Clinical Evaluation, Biofourmis, USA

Inspiring patients are creating solutions and setting new standards for what’s possible in health and outcomes. In Part II of THMT’s Rebel Health podcast, anyone working inside healthcare who is fed up with the status quo, and ready to create change, should listen. The discussion is raw, bold and honest – all to improve health outcomes, keep people safe, find effective treatments. If you need an ally and strategies, Rebels are standing by to help including Telehealth and Medicine Today.

Discussion Topics

Outlining steps for patients, caregivers, and survivors to tap into the innovative ecosystem outside of traditional healthcare.
How healthcare has fallen short in addressing the needs of patients with rare conditions?
What are some of the challenges that clinicians are facing when they come across patients who have rare or unexplained conditions?
Has mainstream healthcare abandoned its workforce?
The evolution successful early grassroots groups and how they became part of mainstream medicine?
Has a lack of transformation in healthcare (clipboards, fax machines, and retro software) influenced the patient-led revolution and helped expedite progress in this space?
Where do healthcare professionals fit in this revolution?
Thoughts on actions listeners can take?

AI Governance in Healthcare: Best Practices, Solutions, and Unresolved Issues

Calvin Lawrence - Distinguished Engineer – Responsible AI , Member of AI Ethics Board and Academy of Technology, IBM
Seth Dobrin, PhD - Founder and CEO, Qantm AI
Gil Alterovitz, PhD - Director, Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory Harvard Medical School, Member of CHAI
Yoav Schlesinger - Architect, Ethical AI Practice, Healthcare Salesforce
Moderator: Dennis Chornenky - Chief AI Advisor UC Davis Health and CEO, Domelabs AI

What challenges are presented by AI adoption in healthcare? What role should AI governance play in regard to the opportunities and risks for generative AI (large language models like ChatGPT-4, etc.) in health? How do we responsibly evaluate new technology and ensure guardrails for its deployment, but without stifling innovation? How do we address societal fears and biases? What level of reliability and robustness should algorithms achieve before being adopted with confidence across healthcare? How can AI support health equity and expand access?

Creating a Health Data Marketplace for the Digital Health Era

Imtiaz Khan, PhD - Associate Professor of Data Science, Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Mohamed A. Maher - MedTech Entrepreneur and Director of Innovation at Balsamee LTD
Moderator: Anjum Khurshid, PhD - Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Chief Data Scientist, Sentinel Operations Center, a Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Institute

With the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU and the development of technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), it is now possible to create a new paradigm with a shared economic model where financial Incentivization will be the main driver for data sharing. This can be achieved by setting up a digital health data marketplace (DHDM).

Speakers on s podcast authored a paper in BTHY journal entitled “From Sharing to Selling: Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing a Digital Health Data Marketplace Using Blockchain Technologies,” https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.184

Their ongoing work is discussed for the DHDM operation outlined along with current developments and future work. Questions addressed are below:

What inspired the authors to explore the use of blockchain technology in healthcare data sharing and monetization?
What are the key challenges and opportunities identified in establishing a digital health data marketplace using blockchain technologies?
What are the potential socioeconomic impacts of a digital health data marketplace on patients, healthcare providers, and researchers, and how do you see the economics of health data developing into dynamic systems that will reflect in the processes of care delivery and management?
What are the next steps for the research? Are there ongoing projects or collaborations the audience can expect to be excited about?

Challenges in Digital Health: from Telemedicine to AI

Claudio Alves da Costa, MD, MSc, PhD, CPHIMS
Gustavo Meirelles | Chairman of the Board, iDr
Moderator: Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD | Vice President, AMP – Brazil Telehealth and Telemedicine Association

In this ConV2X 2023 panel session, speakers address relevant aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in telemedicine, the opportunities, and threats of AI in health, and the assessment of the digital maturity of organizations. Experiences and views on these topics will guide the presentations.

Soulbound Tokens: Enabler for Privacy-Aware and Decentralized Authentication Mechanism in Medical Data Storage

Imtiaz Khan, PhD | Associate Professor of Data Science, Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Mohamed A. Maher | MedTech Entrepreneur and Director of Innovation at Balsamee LTD
Moderator: Anjum Khurshid, PhD | Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Chief Data Scientist, Sentinel Operations Center, a Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Institute

With the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU and the development of technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), it is now possible to create a new paradigm with a shared economic model where financial Incentivization will be the main driver for data sharing. This can be achieved by setting up a digital health data marketplace (DHDM).

Speakers on s podcast authored a paper in BTHY journal entitled “From Sharing to Selling: Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing a Digital Health Data Marketplace Using Blockchain Technologies,” https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.184

Their ongoing work is discussed for the DHDM operation outlined along with current developments and future work. Questions addressed are below:

What inspired the authors to explore the use of blockchain technology in healthcare data sharing and monetization?
What are the key challenges and opportunities identified in establishing a digital health data marketplace using blockchain technologies?
What are the potential socioeconomic impacts of a digital health data marketplace on patients, healthcare providers, and researchers, and how do you see the economics of health data developing into dynamic systems that will reflect in the processes of care delivery and management?
What are the next steps for the research? Are there ongoing projects or collaborations the audience can expect to be excited about?

Practical Considerations, Implementation Decisions and the Nuances of Token Economics

Jim Nasr | CEO, Acoer

How Blockchain Can Help Solve Many of the Pressing Challenges Telemedicine Faces Today

Pradeep Goel | CEO, Solve.Care

Data security, regulatory compliance, cost of IT infrastructure, cross border consultations, and interoperability are just some of the challenges telemedicine faces today. Find out how blockchain technology can help solve many of the pressing challenges, telemedicine faces today.

Utilizing a Strategic FrameworK That Redefines the Roles of Collaboration and Innovation

Tom Andriola | Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data and Chief Digital Officer, UC Irvine Health

Many organizations talk about the power of data but too few really understand the full potential. Utilizing a strategic framework that redefines the roles of collaboration and innovation, see how one organization built competitive differentiators by expanding upon the concept of a data analytics platform to create a data operating system and beyond enterprise analytics to facilitating an ecosystem.

Value-Based, Patient-Centered Care in Telehealth

Maria Palombini | Director, Healthcare & Life Science Global Practice Lead, IEEE SA
Vladimir A. Pozdin | Asst. Professor, Department of Electrical. Computer and Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University
Josh Rabinowitz | Co-Founder and CEO Articulate Labs

How to Expand Services and Platforms Across Borders

Dr. Innocent Clement | CEO, Ciba Health

Why is Decentralized Health So Much More Successful in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies? with Dr. Alex Cahana | Partner, Impact Rooms

The episode elucidates the economic, regulatory and cultural reasons why decentralized health is so much more successful in EMDE (emerging markets and developing economies) when compared to the US and EU.

Future Strategies Utilizing DAO’s and NFT’s in a Heavily Regulated Environment

Bart Cant | CTO, Tydei.io
John Hatchell| Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tydei.io

What elements of blockchain technology can healthcare benefit from TODAY without committing to decentralization

The strategy for utilizing DAML for the purpose of progressive decentralization in enterprise

Converging how TradFi was brought on chain to innovate healthcare payments

Building Comfort and Success at Failing

Sarah B. Harper, MA, MBA | Operations Manager, Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Informatics, and Instructor of Healthcare Administration, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA
Samuel West, PhD | Curator and Founder, The Museum of Failure, Helsingborg, Sweden
Paul Barach, BS, MD | Thomas Jefferson University, USA; Imperial College London, UK; Principal at J. Bara Innovation, and Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin, USA

Failing is an important issue for businesses. Embracing it moves markets, insures consumer safety, and spares unnecessary investment. Are the aviation and nuclear power industries the only industries to truly embrace it and share learnings to fortify standards and best practices? Can healthcare do the same?

Concerns About Equitable Access to Telehealth Services

Katrin Zimmermann | Managing Director, TLGG, North America

There are three types of known “telehealth players” and only two will prevail in the future. The first type are credible known entities like Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, or Amazon Care, which would be their online arm. The second type will be telehealth solutions that broker availability of different services between brands. The third type – and the one that won’t work – is the standalone solution. From a patient standpoint, more credibility is needed to use these services. Smart market players in the telehealth industry anticipate future trends and make sure business focuses on several consumer problems, not one.

Further, there are concerns about equitable access to telehealth services, particularly for video telehealth – something HCPs and telehealth companies should think about as telehealth becomes a long-term/permanent solution. Basic technological barriers like lack of broadband access, digital literacy, social isolation, disparities in technology/device ownership prevent patients from engaging with their providers via telehealth. These barriers have disproportionate impacts across different populations. Additionally, social data gaps – low technology for certain sub-populations indicates minimal data availability.

Translational AI Panel Discussion from ConV2X

Sandeep Reddy, MBBS, MSc, PhD | Director, MBA (Healthcare Management), Deakin School of Medicine, and Chairman, Medi-AI
Alexandre Lebrun | CEO, Nabla
Adam Chee, PhD | Chief, Smart Health Leadership Centre, Institute of Systems Science National University of Singapore
Moderator: Dimitris Kalogeropoulos, PhD | CEO, Global Health and Digital Innovation Foundation

How do we evaluate large language models for use in healthcare? What are the trusted frameworks for value assessment? Is automation through GPT successfully addressing the healthcare administrative and workforce crisis? What about clinical decision making? Expect a candid discussion from these experts on the implications of LLM’s and AI in Primary Care in the US and around the globe.

Authenticity, Transparency and the Building Blocks to Understanding Blockchain Technology

Dr. Ali Loveys | Founder, ITPC

Physician credentialing is an arduous and lengthy process resulting in delays in physicians being able to work and generate revenue. In this session the audience will follow the ins and outs of authenticity, transparency and explore the building blocks to understanding blockchain technology.

Value-Based Care and Its Significance in the Current Healthcare Environment

Ahmed Abdulla | CEO at Digipharm. Health Economist. Advanced Technologies Advisory - UN/CEFACT at UN Economic Commission for Europe

Exploring the real-world impact value-based procurement and subsequent contracting, and health technology pricing in the context of value-based care. We will delve into innovative business models that are reshaping the healthcare landscape, promoting cost-effectiveness, and enhancing patient outcomes. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the evolving strategies driving value-based care and its implications for healthcare providers, payers, and patients.

Translational Application of AI in Healthcare

Sandeep Reddy, MBBS, MSc, PhD | Director, MBA (Healthcare Management), Deakin School of Medicine, and Chairman, Medi-AI
Alexandre Lebrun | CEO, Nabla
Adam Chee, PhD | Chief, Smart Health Leadership Centre, Institute of Systems Science National University of Singapore
Moderator: Dimitris Kalogeropoulos, PhD | CEO, Global Health and Digital Innovation Foundation

How do we evaluate large language models for use in healthcare? What are the trusted frameworks for value assessment? Is automation through GPT successfully addressing the healthcare administrative and workforce crisis? What about clinical decision making? Expect a candid discussion from these experts on the implications of LLM’s and AI in Primary Care in the US and around the globe.

Accelerating the Worldwide Adoption of Blockchain Technology

Raja Sharif | CEO, ATMPS , London, England, United Kingdom

“To understand innovation you should ask "why not?" and not "why?" Selling (blockchain) is a problem and people and companies are blocking adoption which prevents innovation within a company, and stymies costs savings and efficientcy - that is the problem. It's a problem to be stuck in an innovation department - blockchain needs to be used in operations. Scientists and technologists need to understand one another better to create opportunity and success" - Raja Sharif, CEO, ATMPS

In 2022, the team at ATMPS launched a potential game changer with a new approach to cell and gene therapy tracking, allowing more streamlined applications, payment options, and opportunity to realize true manufacturing safety and trust at scale, faster for personalized medicines and regimen treatments. The speaker highlights his experiences, and overcomes market challenges emphasizing the need for better commercialization strategies for blockchain. In addition, the flowing topics are addressed in the keynote:

Automated Processes
Regulatory Visibility & Compliance, FDA 21 CFR , HIPAA, GDPR
Putting Together Blockchain Architecture for IRTS & ERH Integration
Patient Apps and Mobile Device Issues
Supply Chain

Crypto-Secure Data Management for Healthcare

Wei Hu, BS, MS | Senior Vice President of Development, Oracle, Palo Alto, California, United States

Blockchain is a new technology that has attracted a tremendous amount of interest. However, up to now, blockchain has mainly been used to develop decentralized multi-party applications. This presentation describes breakthrough technology that deeply integrates blockchain into the Oracle database. Since virtually all critical data are stored in databases, this makes it possible to implement blockchain in mainstream healthcare and enterprise applications with minimal changes. We will begin by introducing the threats posed by hackers and compromised insiders. Then we will describe how in-database blockchain can protect data against these threats, comparing this against conventional blockchains. Use cases are shared from customers that have adopted this technology.

Developing a Secure Internet-based Network of Trusted Data

Thomas Hardjono, PhD | Chief Technical Officer, MIT Connection Science and Engineering. MIT Connection Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Florence Hudson, BSE | Founder and CEO, FDHint, LLC; Chair, IEEE-Standards Association working group (IEEE/UL P2933) for Clinical Internet of Things (IOT) Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS – Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protections, Safety, Security

Our world has not caught up with technology, and as a result has become more dangerous and nefarious with clandestine actors. Learn what reputable organizations, businesses and academic pioneers are doing to preserve digital identity, data provenance, universal access, and secure privacy-preserving transactions, to harness socially responsible global data sharing.

Data Economy in Healthcare on Blockchain Technology

Kevin Yavuz | Managing Consultant Blockchain, Data and Technology Transformation, IBM

The importance of data and digitization in healthcare cannot be overstated. These advancements have the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered, leading to improved patient outcomes, enhanced efficiency, and better decision-making by healthcare providers. Blockchain technology can play a significant role in addressing the main challenges like data accessibility, privacy, interoperability and patient empowerment, ultimately transforming the healthcare ecosystem into a data-driven economy

Keeping Up With Generative Intelligence Near Term with Jepson Taylor

In an era where technology is transforming every facet of our lives, the healthcare sector stands to gain immensely. The presentation addresses intelligence and the ability to acquire knowledge, through experience, and apply that to future decisions, data, beating human benchmarks, and cost & time. In addition, the speaker explores the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing healthcare over the next three to five years using images to illustrate transformation and engagement with AI, accelerating the human creative, comfort and confidence with iteration, and the benefit of AI invented algorithms. We stand at the brink of a new age where every timestamp, notation, and piece of ‘digital exhaust’ could potentially contribute to our health assessment and longevity. The advent of ‘in perpetuum’ tools promises a future where AI will shape a new health economy.

Blockchain in Health - From Pilots to Mainstream and Implications for AI

Speakers delve into and beyond the BHTY published article “Moving Beyond Proof of Concept and Pilots

to Mainstream: Discovery and Lessons from Blockchain in Healthcare,” located at

https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v6.280. This continuous journey extends the framework and solution

assemblies including further developments, with cross over into generative AI and ethics.

Article Authors and Speakers

Sathya Krishnasamy, MS | Founder, ChainAim, USA

Badri Gopalakrishnan, PhD | University of Washington, USA

Atul Apte, BSc | Founder and Chief Research Officer, Adarza LLC, USA

Moderator: Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD | Department of Population Medicine,, Harvard Pilgrim Health

Care Institute & Harvard Medical School, USA

Groundbreaking Scalable Initiative That Controls "Pack" vs "Batch"

Daniel Laverick | Head of SAP and IT Solutions, Zuellig Pharma

How is blockchain technology empowering patients to verify provenance and quality of COVID-19 vaccines and other lifesaving drugs through Asia's first blockchain solution for supply chain connectivity and traceability for pharmaceuticals and vaccines?

With two million products on the blockchain network, this ground breaking scalable initiative controls "pack" vs "batch." Authorities are now seizing counterfeits and consumers are benefitting by verifying their drug(s) are effective and can be trusted as safe and efficacious.

Why use blockchain and what are the vaccine management issues along the pharma supply chain?

Best Practices to Improve Healthcare Delivery Using AI

Prasad Kothari, Director, Axtria Health
Tarun Mohan Lal, Vice President, Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer, Atrium/Navicent and incoming President of Society for Health Systems
Dr. Anand S. Rao, Partner and Global AI Lead, PwC
Swathi Young, Chief Technology Officer, Integrity Management Services Inc.

A candid discussion that dives into the recesses of AI and ethics including topics such as what lessons can be used in healthcare from tech players implementing responsible AI and unbiased systems, how can responsible AI help build a clinical support system, examples from providers and payers and learnings from responsible AI which can be used in Obamacare and clinical trial implementation.

Discussion topics will include:

What is responsible AI? Is it the same as Ethical AI?
What lessons can be used in healthcare from tech players implementing responsible AI and unbiased systems?
Why is responsible AI important for healthcare? Is there demographic bias in the treatment part of responsible AI?
How can responsible AI help build a clinical support system?
What are some examples of responsible AI in the healthcare industry with respect to providers and payers?
What are learnings from responsible AI which can be used in Obamacare implementation?
HHS introduced an interoperability rule between EMR/EHR systems in 2019. How does it help in the implementation of responsible AI?
How responsible AI is currently covered in new US government initiative such as AI.gov
Responsible AI & data bias in clinical trials

Empowering and Protecting Patient Data with Open Source DLT's

Maria Palombini | Director, Healthcare & LIfe Science Global Practice Lead, IEEE SA
Sachin Shetty | Associate Director , Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University, and Executive Director of the Center for Secure and Intelligent Critical Systems
Daniel Harrell, PhD | Research Associate, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Key discussion points of this panel session include:

The role of open source DLTs in empowering and protecting patients data
The role of where technical and data standards are pragmatically needed
The technical and ethical considerations of patient data governance

Bringing Acute-level care Into the Home

Dr. Sandeep Pulim | Medical Director, Biofourmis

Until recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.

Utilizing a Strategic Framework That Redefines the Roles of Collaboration and Innovation

Tom Andriola | Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data & Chief Digital Officer, UC Irvine Health

Many organizations talk about the power of data but too few really understand the full potential. Utilizing a strategic framework that redefines the roles of collaboration and innovation, see how one organization built competitive differentiators by expanding upon the concept of a data analytics platform to create a data operating system and beyond enterprise analytics to facilitating an ecosystem.

Paving the Way for a Digitally Native Healthcare Ecosystem

Stephen Konya | Senior Advisor, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

Learn about the history of health IT policy in the US, and how the national infrastructure being built today via the 21st Century Cures Act, is paving the way for a digitally native healthcare ecosystem in the years ahead.

Addressing New Challenges Created by Virtual Care

Milan Shah | Chief Technology Officer, Biofourmis

Virtual healthcare is positively transforming how healthcare is delivered. As a result, multiple organizations must come together to execute care delivery that’s complicated by challenges with centralized EMR systems in virtual care management. Information management, including storage, sharing, and accessibility, needs to be carefully managed and considered. Blockchain technology is a viable solution to address new challenges created by virtual care.

Understanding Strategic Planning to Optimize Market Success and Maintain Regulatory Compliance

Charles C. Dunham, IV | Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Houston, Texas, USA
Carsten Kociok | Local Partner, Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP, Berlin, Germany

The following discusses the top legal and regulatory issues affecting information governance and data privacy and security measures being implemented or expanded in the United States and European Union. This presentation provides valuable insights to startups and existing telemedicine providers and digital health technology companies seeking to understand strategic planning to optimize market success and maintain regulatory compliance.

Key Topics / Learning Points

Policy trends in the United States and recently enacted state privacy laws
Practical insights and recommendations to compliance with GDPR or local privacy rules
Flexibilities applied during the pandemic to ensure access to safer health care
Pending legislation impacting information governance and data protection
Access and use of individually identifiable information in clinical trials and research

Rebel Patients and Caregivers Podcast – Part 1

Speakers
Susannah Fox, Author, Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, USA
Matthew Sakumoto, MD, CMIO, Sutter West Bay Region, and Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF, USA
Moderator: Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA, Vice President, Product and Clinical Evaluation, Biofourmis, USA

Do you or someone you know feel alone, forgotten, or lost in the shadows of suffering, whether navigating a new diagnosis, or life with a chronic condition? Inspiring patients are creating solutions and setting new standards for what’s possible in health and outcomes.

If you’re a patient, survivor, or caregiver, join speakers to learn valuable new skills, and how to deploy them.

Discussion Topics

Providing guidance for those suffering from new diagnosis or chronic conditions on how to leverage patient-led groups to find answers and change their course of care
Clinician experiences with patient-led groups and patient-led healthcare
Learn about the four patient archetypes – Seeker, Networker, Solver, and Champion
Advice for patients, caregivers, and survivors who want to learn how to navigate roadblocks and the lack of information in their healthcare journey
Advice for how “Seekers” can get started
Clinicians advice on facing unknowns to patients and how to navigate the healthcare system
Concerns about potential misinformation in patient and caregiver-led groups
Data on patients self-regulating and accuracy of reports
Turning to online sources such as “Dr. Google” or patient-led groups for information

How Confidential Computing and Blockchain Meet the Requirements of Zero Trust

Stephen Dennis | CTO, Softhread
Dr. Bob Rogers | Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, BeeKeeperAI

Over 90% of all biomedical AI research is stalled due to its inability to access real world protected health information to complete the required clinical validation and valuation prior to its deployment. With AI forecasted to improve patient outcomes by 40% and costs by 50% the new paradigm of zero trust must be adopted and leveraged to avoid the existential crisis facing biomedical AI research. Join us and learn how confidential computing and blockchain meet the requirements of zero trust.

How Blockchain Enables a More Person-Centered Experience

Gabriela Pelin | Chief Innovation Officer, Avaneer Health
Mark Treshock | Executive Director, Emerging Technology, CVS Health
Bob Holzer | Sr. Director Technology Exploration, Health Care Service Corporation

The discussion will cover how blockchain enables a more person-centered experience from the beginning of care through payment. With examples from real-world use cases, the discussion will explore how healthcare organizations can better collaborate together using blockchain, co-create workflows and joint processes, and deliver a better experience.

The discussion will answer these questions:

How are blockchain-enabled solutions more focused on the person?
What does the network solve that isn’t addressed by other solutions?
How do your use cases transform the member’s experience?
What ways can providers and payers collaborate and work together better using blockchain?

Harmoniously Merging Physician’s Clinical Goals with the Health System’s Business Goals

Adam Robison | Chief Medical Officer, AImedica

Modern healthcare is quickly evolving. The advent of EHRs and digital health is putting pressure on physicians to know more and more non-clinical information. In addition to their clinical expertise physician alignment and proficiency with financial, compliance, and administrative objectives is critical for the modern healthcare systems overall success. While physicians are experts at providing the best possible care for their patients, they receive little to no training on how to align with crucial health system initiatives resulting in friction between physician and health system stakeholders. The secret to harmoniously merging physician’s clinical goals with the health system’s business goals is increasing the application of evidence-based EHR integrated disease management.

Implications of Blockchain for Society & Its Potential to Improve Healthcare

Elissa Prichep | Tata Consultancy Services
Chris Moose | Healthcare Partner, Web3 & Blockchain, IBM
Mark Treshock | Executive Director of Emerging Technology, CVS Health

In 2020, 55% of organizations viewed blockchain as a strategic priority. Though blockchain investments and use cases in healthcare are increasing, attention is needed on how this technology will impact patients. This panel discusses the implications of blockchain for society, its potential to improve healthcare, and the possibilities for shaping a positive future.

Elevating Health Solutions and Services Today and in the Future with Blockchain

Kyle Culver | Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana, and Co-Founder of the Synaptic Alliance

The healthcare industry is beginning to see real value created from blockchain powered solutions. This spotlights what value and impact is being created for early adopters. The speaker will share informed insights for future applications and opportunities poised for business success.

Using Remote Monitoring and AI to Enable Sustained Integrated Telehealth

Telehealth has seen a rapid growth period in the last a couple of years globally, partly propelled by the pandemic. Now many patients and healthcare providers have seen the potential benefits of telehealth, many people are in the process to drive sustained growth of this new paradigm of healthcare. The panel will be focused on two key enabling factors of the future growth of integrated telehealth, i.e., remote monitoring and AI. They will use specific cases to discuss the Opportunities and Obstacles in the development, deployment, and commercialization of these technologies.

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Shereese Maynard is the Co-founder of NostraData Medical, a healthcare technology startup. Shereese also has a minority stake in HIT Like A Girl pod, a community platform for women in the health technology industry. A top 30 healthcare technology influencer rated by Health Tech Magazine, Shereese applies her expertise to help healthcare organizations scale and thrive in the health IT market. She advises startups and nonprofits on physician and patient engagement strategies. Shereese has worked in roles from tech consultant to executive leadership. Her work focuses on improving quality, efficiency, and patient safety in both Medicaid and Medicare programs across multiple states. Shereese is highly sought-after as a keynote speaker and writer in areas of expertise that include healthcare data governance and strategy, health IT strategies and development, and big data analytics. She actively advocates for women’s advancement in the health IT sector, and currently serves as ambassador for Women in Data Science and is passionate about creating opportunities for women.

Jiang Li, Ph.D., is founder and CEO of Vivalink, Inc., a provider of human vital data solutions for virtual healthcare applications. He holds 11 patents related to healthcare in three fundamental areas: wearable sensor technology, product features and design, and health data algorithms. Vivalink was created based on a belief that a simple digital link could build a communication bridge capable of sharing valuable diagnostic and monitoring information, empowering patients to be more involved while enjoying their normal lives. Prior to founding Vivalink in 2014, Li was vice president of Engineering at Thin Film Electronics and at Kovio, managing product and technology development in sensor technology and IoT, and trailblazing flexible electronics technology. Rising to the role of vice president of Product Engineering at Spansion, he was responsible for managing a $1.8 billion and accelerated product development speed by 50 percent. He is a published author and speaker in the fields of remote patient monitoring and telemedicine. As an expert in building a company with expertise across multifaceted fields of technology, IoT, medical regulatory requirements, data analytics and product development, his commentary is regarded among his peers as insightful and innovative. Li earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1998.

Prasad Kothari is an analytics and data science leader & Author who has worked extensively building high-performing teams for various organizations and has provided consulting to many fortune 500 clients. Currently, he focuses on helping clients realize the value of data science & blockchain to solve priority business problems, including healthcare analytics, customer analytics, marketing analytics, RWE/RWD, and supply chain analytics. Prasad has published healthcare data science research papers across leading journals, as well as books on AI.

Exploring the Future of Health: Leveraging Space

Mr. James Hury, Deputy Director and Chief Innovation Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) explores the future of health, and how preparing technologies to protect the health of astronauts in deep space can advance health for all humans, wherever they explore. Supported by the NASA Human Research Program (HRP), TRISH is an applied space health research catalyst that funds disruptive, high-impact scientific studies and technologies to equip astronauts for deep space exploration. The institute is seeking bold, courageous proposals from experts in disciplines spanning medicine, science, technology, and engineering who have the ideas and skills that will help us find solutions for the challenges and limitations facing human space travel.

High School Health Tech Pioneer Advances Disease Detection and Patient Accessibility

Say Mattapalli | Co-Founder and CEO, Vytal
Sweta Sneha, PhD | Kennesaw University, USA

Student founders working on a start-up the past 2 years have created a 30-second home based AI brain health evaluation utilizing advanced imaging and neural analysis for non-invasive early disease detection. Personalized and tailored, this new gaze tracking system is non-invasive, has remote capabilities, and costs less - bringing remote detection to more providers and more patients via tele-ophthalmology. Identifying ocular biomarkers can point to several serious conditions, including Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Why Industry-Wide Standards Matter In Fulfilling the Intent of DSCSA

Christiane Wirrig, PhD | Customer Success Manager, Spherity
David Kessler | Co-owner and President, Legisym

Discussion on the importance of standardization in order to digitalize the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain as motivated by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

Key topics

What is DSCSA?
What does FDA’s Stabilization Period mean?
Why do technology standards matter and how are they being implemented, i.e. interoperability through standards?
Focus on standardization, due diligence in the context of DSCSA-regulated digitally managed pharma supply chain
2023 readiness in relation to stabilization period until 2024
Inspections will keep happening
ATP is mandatory, authentication & authorization
Data security

EHR Systems and Blockchain: Potentials, Challenges and the Road Ahead Jim Poteet | Sr. Director, Revenue Cycle Development, Oracle * Mike Gault | CEO, Guardtime * Dr. Anjum Khurshid | Chief Data Scientist, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute * Sivagnanam Suresh | Founder, Vdoc * Dr. Alex Norta | Founder, Norta Partners OÜ * Horst Treiblmaier, PhD | Head of the School of International Management, Modul University Vienna // Moderator*

Panelists discuss blockchain technology use for electronic health records, and specifically delve into the benefits that blockchain brings to EHRs, but also discuss what its pitfalls and limitations are; including presenting perspectives from academia, and examples from practitioners, to ensure a lively discussion.Learning Objectives* Understand the potential applications of blockchain for electronic health records (EHRs). * Explore the benefits and challenges of implementing blockchain for EHRs, including security, interoperability, privacy, and data integrity. * Identify key use cases and real-world examples of blockchain implementation in healthcare and EHR management. * Analyze the potential impact of blockchain on improving healthcare data exchange, patient consent management, and medical research. * Discuss the regulatory and legal considerations associated with using blockchain in healthcare, such as compliance with data protection laws and standards. * Examine the role of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) in enhancing EHR management and patient control over their health information. * Assess the scalability and performance limitations of blockchain technology in handling large-scale healthcare data and high transaction volumes. * Evaluate potential cost savings and efficiency gains achieved through blockchain implementation in EHRs, considering factors such as data access, auditability, and administrative overhead. * Discuss the future prospects and challenges of integrating blockchain with existing healthcare systems, standards, and infrastructure to achieve widespread adoption and interoperability.

Metaverse in Health: Risks and Opportunities Lisa Gus | CEO, WishKnish, Metaverse Standards Forum * Dr. Jane Thomason |* Chair, Metaverse Council and Founder, Supernova Data

The train has left the station, and all we can do is “lean in, because you can’t stop the pace of progress.” What’s the best course for healthcare professionals to navigate tech advances: proceed slowly,and keep curiosity high. Speakers will discuss aspects to consider in securing a trusted metaverse reality that includes issues such as mental health, gamification, patient populations, market access and cost, the dangers of creating a have and have not economy, behavioral health impact, and the need to standardize safety first in a data economy

PharmaLedger Association – Platform Launch Lessons Learned and OutlookNatalia Sofia | Web3 AdvocateDaniel Fritz | Executive Director, PharmaLedgerDisa Lee Choun | Head of Integrated Clinical and Operational Analytics, Janssen PharmaceuticalsAnca Petre | CEO, Medrise Studio ModeratorDescription This panel will explore the application of blockchain technology within the healthcare sector, focusing on its potential to enhance trust, transparency, and connectivity while reinforcing patient-centered control of data access. The discussion will examine the opportunities for patient empowerment and improved patient access to healthcare information through decentralized ledger technology. The panel will feature industry experts who will provide insights into current trends, challenges, and future prospects of blockchain in pharmaceuticals, emphasizing broader use cases beyond specific organizations. Objectives1. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of blockchain technology in the pharmaceutical industry and its potential impact on patient care and relationships with the healthcare system.2. Explore the opportunities presented by blockchain for improving trust, transparency, and audibility in data sharing within the healthcare and medical environment.3. Understand the significance of patient-centered control in accessing, storing, and utilizing healthcare data and how blockchain can contribute to enhancing patient empowerment.4. Discuss the challenges and considerations associated with implementing blockchain in the pharmaceutical sector and explore strategies to overcome them while ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.

Distributed Manufacturing in MedicineNick Lambert | CEO, Dock LabsJim Nasr | CEO, Acoer ModeratorThe conversation pivots around what is actually working now in the blockchain in healthcare field including:* Current trends in DIDs…what’s working, what’s not + Usability and wallets + Blockchain for medicine – is it helping decrease counterfeit medicine production? + Decentralization, collaboration, and efficiency + Advantages & disadvantages on decentralizing Pharma manufacturing + Implications of collaborations, cross-border transactions for blockchain-enabled transactions and impact of immutability + Interoperability, scalability, and economic viability for life sciences + Regulation and the implications in life sciences + Tokenization & Web 3 trends + How to increase adoption and what the incentives are for Pharma + Prediction(s)

Pioneering New Business Models in Value Based CareAhmed Abdulla | CEO, DigipharmWe explore the real-world impact value-based procurement and subsequent contracting, and health technology pricing in the context of value-based care. We will delve into innovative business models that are reshaping the healthcare landscape, promoting cost-effectiveness, and enhancing patient outcomes. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the evolving strategies driving value-based care and its implications for healthcare providers, payers, and patients.Learning Objectives* Understand the concept of value-based care and its significance in the current healthcare environment. * Explore the real-world impact of value-based pricing on healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. * Examine the role of value-based procurement/contracting in driving cost-effective healthcare solutions. * Gain insights into health technology pricing models and their impact on value-based care initiatives.

Identify innovative business models that support value-based care and improve patient outcomes.

Decentralized Health - What Africa Gets That Others Don’tMichael Expechue | Director, AfyaRekodRon Harris, MD | Co Founder and Director, AfyaRekod USAAlex Cahana | Principal, Impact RoomsModeratorSpeakers will provide perspectives "from bedside to blockchain." Viewers will embark on a global health journey from rural clinics with little to no available patient health data, to an era where patients have sovereign control of their health data sourced from multiple platforms, and secured with blockchain. Expect answers to question such as what are the implications for patient safety, treatment outcomes, and global health?

The Gateway to Brain Health—Advancing Disease Detection and Patient AccessibilitySpeakersSai Mattapalli and Rohan Kalahasty, Co-founders, Vytal.aiModeratorSweta Sneha, PhD,Executive Director of Healthcare Management Informatics. Professor of Information Systems, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw University, USA REVEALING BRAIN HEALTH THROUGH THE EYESScientists have identified a significant connection between deficits in eye movements and disorders of the brain or brain injuries. This discovery has led to earlier detection of several conditions, leading to earlier treatment and sometimes longer, healthier patient lives. Eye tracking tests are employed to measure the brain’s ability to perform or suppress reflexive eye movements—movements patients may not even be aware that they are performing. These tests include saccade tests, anti-saccade tests, and smooth pursuit tasks. Saccades are rapid eye movements that shift the center of gaze from one part of the visual field to another.Examining saccades gauges the patient’s ability to perform this function in a single, rapid movement, while anti-saccade tests measure a patient’s ability to suppress those reflexive movements. Smooth pursuit tasks test a patient’s ability to follow an object smoothly while keeping that object in full view. It is considered voluntary, and a patient’s inability to perform well in them may point to deeper issues inside the brain.In addition, pupillary responses can point to issues with emotional response or a brain’s cognitive load. Neurology, as a discipline, has largely relied on in-person assessment, but developing at-home solutions using these eye-movement tests can help physicians better understand what might be occurring inside a patient’s brain without necessitating an in-person visit.INDIVIDUALIZING CAREEye-movement testing has been revolutionized by pivoting from bulky, expensive equipment to a smartphone or laptop camera, allowing easier access to testing capabilities and a more affordable option for providers and patients. With better detection and diagnosis, patients can begin to receive tailored, individualized care early on, leading to better chances of treatment success. Eye-movement tests have been used to pinpoint degenerative disorders (e.g., Huntington’s disease or Parkinson’s disease), neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia and anxiety), as well as brain injuries (e.g., concussions). Innovations in the eye-movement test space have also leveraged advances in telehealth and remote healthcare capabilities. FUTURE POTENTIALGaze tracking is not a new concept, but the vast improvements and innovations being brought forth in the healthcare space have made gaze tracking a more accessible option. New gaze tracking systems are non-invasive, have remote capabilities, and come at significant cost savings over older methods.With advances in gaze tracking, neurodegenerative diseases can be caught earlier than ever, allowing providers to treat patients earlier and possibly slow disease progression. Groundbreaking work in gaze tracking has often failed to “see” real-world applications reach enough people who could benefit from the technology. Now, with advancements in gaze tracking and the enhanced reliance on telehealth in the post-COVID environment, that gap is being bridged.

How Blockchain Brings Trust to the International Supply Chain and Healthcare Dan Purtell |* Director of Innovation, British Standards Association

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Enabling Healthcare Systems to Deliver Better Care Beyond the Four Walls of the HospitalSandeep PulimUntil recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.BiographySandeep Pulim, MD is a physician entrepreneur and currently medical director at Biofourmis. Dr. Pulim most recently served as the Chief Medical Officer at Bluestream Health and Chief Innovation Officer at Medici. Prior to joining the Medici team, Dr. Pulim worked to enable cognitive clinical decision-making technology at the point of care for HCPs and patients, to positively impact clinical learning and quality measures for healthcare organizations, pharma, and payers. Previously as co-founder and CMO of Health Recovery Solutions, Dr. Pulim helped empower patients to better manage their health and improve quality of life using evidence-based interventions and has also served as Senior Medical Editor at MDLinx. Dr. Pulim also helped create sustainable healthcare innovation via enabling fellows to improve the health of communities by creating innovative technology solutions that deliver transformational impact while molding the next generation of leaders at Health for America.

Hear from Microsoft, Teladoc Health, and Ravkoo Health executives about what’s currently top of mind in their respective healthcare businesses, and what they are being asked to deliver for clients and consumers.Molly K. McCarthy MBA, RN-BC is the National Director, US Health Provider and Plans for Microsoft. Her career journey spans almost 30 years in the health and technology industries. She is passionate about uniting technology, clinicians, and patients to improve care delivery, safety, and outcomes. Molly joined Microsoft in 2013 and served as the US Chief Nursing Officer until August 2020. She currently now leads a team of industry clinical and technical subject matter experts that drive digital technology innovation and transformation for health provider and payor organizations. Connect with Molly on LinkedIn and Twitter @MollyMcCarthyRNAlpesh Patel, CEO of ravkoo, immigrated to the United States and worked as a pharmacist for several years before teaming up with Manish Patel to open their own pharmacy. This pharmacy soon turned into a chain of pharmacies across several states, and from there, Alpesh branched out into the world of telehealth. Alpesh now focuses on finding solutions in telehealth and care across the USA as entrepreneur. His current endeavor is creating a curious app and patient wellness index score bringing health data and services to one health index stop for the consumer.Dr. Shayan Vyas serves as Medical Officer and SVP at Teladoc Health. He leads the Health Hospitals and Health systems (HHS) division and previously lead Clinical Operations. As part of his Clinical Operations duties, he helped managed Teladoc’s Global physician group (>5000 physicians, and well as Teladoc’s employed physician group) during the peak COVID 2019-21 years. On HHS team, he is the leading physician with clinical responsibilities in product, implementation, and execution with Teladoc health systems and hospitals. Dr.Vyas is an executive leader, practicing intensivist and telehealth physician with over 20K telehealth visits. He has more 10 Years of virtual health experience. Prior to joining Teladoc, Dr.Vyas worked with multiple digital health vendors (Electronic medical records companies, Medical Devices, SaaS, and patient engagement companies). He also started the first multi-hospital telehealth program in the US. Dr.Vyas earned his medical degree from Medical University of the Americas, completed residency at University of Florida and pediatric critical care at Miami Children’s He earned his Master’s in Business Administration in 2019 from Auburn University. He is passionate on addressing the digital divide and the social determents of health. He serves as a board member on a medical device company, a nonprofit magnet school in low income Orlando neighborhood, and a large international for-profit full service- dinning/restaurant company.

Dr. Innocent Clement | CEO, Ciba HealthAddressing topics such as wearable device usefulness for both practitioners and insurers, opportunities of digital health and telemedicine for the insurance industry, and how to expand services and platforms across borders.

Manufacturers Impact with Blockchain Technology Corey Greco |* VP, Sales Operations, Armas Pharmaceutials

Blockchain technology has surfaced in the generic pharma arena addressing challenges associated with Contract Management, GPO interactions, and Chargeback adjudication. Manufacturers are now burdened with reducing overhead costs that impact the cost of each unit to get medication to patients safely, effectively, and efficiently. Blockchain technology can be used to enhance efficiencies in how partners interact including inventory management, sales data reporting, chargeback validations and rebate accruals.

Panelists will discuss the clinical aspects of remote patient monitoring (RPM) in telehealth and clinical enhancements including technologies such as translational AI, and the benefits of RPM on acute and chronic medical conditions.Questions will include* What is RPM and how is it beneficial in chronic disease management? * How is Telemedicine different from RPM? * What is the role of AI in RPM? * How has RPM taken over and changed the life of people? * Have patients at large accepted the concept of RPM?

Panelists includeAvneesh Khare MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, PDCC, MBAPhysician turned MedTech consultant and educator, with a decade of clinical experience in anaesthesiology, critical care and pain management. Passionate about helping MedTech startups develop better solutions by understanding the nuances of healthcare, and helping health professionals get future-ready by diversifying their skill set beyond medicine and learning about artificial intelligence. Futurist who believes in ethical application of emerging technologies, especially AI, in enhancing the future of healthcare. Certified by American Board of AI in Medicine and a member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) Taskforce on AI in Healthcare.Dr. M A Maluk Mohamed, Co-founder, Executive Vice President-Research; Head, India Business, Twin Health Inc.In his role as the Vice President of Research, he leads the global trend-study department for Twin Health. He also heads the India business leading strategy, marketing, regulatory, public policy, and go-to-market for the company, and played a critical role during the launch of Twin Health in India. In his current role with Twin Health, and expertise in healthcare research, technology and insight-driven decision-making, he formulated the strategy for strengthening the business footprint across the globe. He has been part of the invention of the whole body digital twin, enabling the reversal of chronic metabolic diseases. Prior to co-founding Twin Health, he played an active role in transforming the higher education space in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the President and Chairman of the MAM Group of Institutions in India. Under his leadership, the group diversified its curriculum and started offering courses in Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, and Nursing across 10 colleges. Dr Haleema Yezdani, ModeratorGeneral physician and diabetologist. One of the future 50 clinical leaders in telehealth recognised by HIMSS, Ambassador of th open access peer reviewed journal Telehealth and Medicine Today, Karnataka India Chapter, and Ambassador Global Telehealth Exchange. She is also Director of BENFA Healthcare Program and has started a free telemedicine helpline for those in need .Dr. Yezdani is also the Director of Women Empowerment in World Peace Organization Karnataka Chapter . During COVID-19 pandemic she volunteered with various groups such as Project Stepone, ERT, Mercy Mission and others, have teletriaged and treated more than 7,000+ patients on a probono basis. She has been featured in the book “Dream Big,” as one of 20 female achievers in Karnataka and listed as one of the 100 influential Indians and is the recently elected Vice President of HIMSS India.

NFTs and Metaverse in Healthcare: What’s the Big Opportunity?

Ray Dogum | Podcaster, Health Unchained
Daniel Uribe | CEO and Co-Founder, GenoBank.io

The global non-fungible token (NFT) market size is expected to grow by USD 147.24 billion from 2021 to 2026 at a CAGR of 35.27% and According to Precedence Research, the global metaverse market size is projected to be worth around USD 1.6. Trillion by 2030 and expanding growth at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50.74% from 2022 to 2030.

What does this mean for healthcare and where’s the big opportunity? Although we are in the nascent stage for both NFTs and the Metaverse in healthcare, many will agree that some of the biggest transformations in healthcare will be driven by NFTs, specifically as ownership of data and our health records become the increasing focus in healthcare. Metaverse applications in healthcare also provide an enormous opportunity with many seeing this as the next generation of remote patient care and a new medium for patient engagement. Accenture has called the Metaverse the “next horizon in healthcare”. Immersive metaverse experiences can go beyond patient care and can transform training for doctors, surgeons, and healthcare professionals.

Join Daniel Uribe of GenoBank.io to explore the varied and exciting applications ahead with NFTs and Metaverse including decentralized science (DeSci), decentralized health research, BioNFTs and the future of genome ownership.

How Blockchain Elevates Health Solutions and Services Today and in the Future

Kyle Culver | Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana, and Co-Founder of the Synaptic Alliance

The healthcare industry is beginning to see real value created from blockchain powered solutions. The episode spotlights what value and impact is being created for early adopters. Kyle shares informed insights for future applications and opportunities poised for business success.

Healthcare Blockchain Quantum Computing Threats and Opportunities

Dr. Renee Bovelle | Owner and Medical Director, Envision Eye & Laser Center
Dr. Robert Campbell | CEO, Med Cyber Security

Highlights of this discussion include:

The Imminent Quantum Computing threat
NIST Post-Quantum Solutions
How Quantum Technologies revolutionize Blockchain Technology and Healthcare

Leveraging Decentralized Autonomous Organizations in Healthcare to Coordinate Precision Level Patient Care

Dr. Leah Houston | Founder and CEO, HPEC

The healthcare system is expensive, inefficient and frustrating due to unnecessary third parties and friction filled manual processes that get between patients and their doctors. Through decentralized identityby and credentialing we can create a distributed network of practicing doctors that connect connect securely, directly, privately with each other and with the patients they care for. We are building the future essentialized healthcare revolution and we can’t wait to build it with you.

Going Under the Hood of dApps and DAOs

Dr. Ali Loveys | Founder, ITPC

Physician credentialing is an arduous and lengthy process resulting in delays in physicians being able to work and generate revenue. In this episode the audience will follow the ins and outs of authenticity, transparency and explore the building blocks to understanding blockchain technology.

Standards for a New Healthcare World: Towards Nationwide Patient Access

Jim Markwith | Managing Partner, Markwith Law
Dr. Christophe E. Jackson | Clinical Design Engineer, Gideon

The goal of achieving nationwide patient access is getting closer to reality with the establishment of nationwide electronic healthcare record networks, and with the emergence of TEFCA. Interoperability and privacy standards are critical to achieve efficiency and to provide secure patient access applications. Topics will include current and future developments, including:

CommonWell Health Alliance
TEFCA
Specific Functional Use Cases and Applications
Blockchain Opportunities

Closing a Key Gap in DSCSA Compliance with Credentialing

Bob Celeste | Founder, Center for Supply Chain Studies
David Kessler | President, Legisym, LLC

In this episode, the Open Credentialing Initiative (OCI) introduces the concept and practical application of electronic credentials. The audience will learn about their use in the context of DSCSA and how they enable timely compliance with the DSCSA Authorized Trading Partner (ATP) requirements.

How Blockchain Transforms Payer Processes to Create a Person-Centered Experience

Gabriela Pelin | Chief Innovation Officer, Avaneer Health
Mark Treshock | Executive Director, Emerging Technology, CVS Health
Bob Holzer | Sr. Director Technology Exploration, Health Care Service Corporation

The panel discussion will cover how blockchain enables a more person-centered experience from the beginning of care through payment. With examples from real-world use cases, the discussion will explore how healthcare organizations can better collaborate together using blockchain, co-create workflows and joint processes, and deliver a better experience.

The discussion will answer these questions:

How are blockchain-enabled solutions more focused on the person?
What does the network solve that isn’t addressed by other solutions?
How do your use cases transform the member’s experience?
What ways can providers and payers collaborate and work together better using blockchain?

Three Reasons Why Blockchain Adoption in Healthcare is a Success in Africa and LATAM

Dr. Alex Cahana | Partner, Impact Rooms

The episode elucidates the economic, regulatory and cultural reasons why decentralized health is so much more successful in EMDE (emerging markets and developing economies) when compared to the US and EU.

Blockchain for Precision Medicine

Robert Chu | Co-Founder & CEO, Embleema

Because evidence generation for precision medicine involves highly complex bioinformatics on human genomic and other molecular data sets, the reproducibility of the evidence generation and the sharing of highly sensitive raw genomic data present major challenges for life sciences sponsors and the FDA. Blockchain offers solutions for reproducibility and privacy assurance in precision medicine.

Generic Manufacturers Can Make BIG Changes with Blockchain Technology

Corey Greco | VP, Sales Operations, Armas Pharmaceutials

Blockchain technology has surfaced in the generic pharma arena addressing challenges associated with Contract Management, GPO interactions, and Chargeback adjudication. Manufacturers are now burdened with reducing overhead costs that impact the cost of each unit to get medication to patients safely, effectively, and efficiently. Blockchain technology can be used to enhance efficiencies in how partners interact including inventory management, sales data reporting, chargeback validations and rebate accruals.

Blockchain Technology – Delivering Trust to Global Pharmaceutical Distribution Part 2

Dan Purtell | Director of Innovation, British Standards Association

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Blockchain Technology – Delivering Trust to Global Pharmaceutical Distribution Part 1

Dan Purtell | Director of Innovation, British Standards Association

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Shaping the Trajectory of Blockchain in Healthcare

Elissa Prichep | Tata Consultancy Services
Chris Moose | Healthcare Partner, Web3 & Blockchain, IBM
Mark Treshock | Executive Director of Emerging Technology, CVS Health

In 2020, 55% of organizations viewed blockchain as a strategic priority. Though blockchain investments and use cases in healthcare are increasing, attention is needed on how this technology will impact patients. This panel discusses the implications of blockchain for society, its potential to improve healthcare, and the possibilities for shaping a positive future.

Zero Trust: Enabling the Last Mile of Biomedical AI Research

Stephen Dennis | CTO, Softhread
Dr. Bob Rogers | Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, BeeKeeperAI

Over 90% of all biomedical AI research is stalled due to its inability to access real world protected health information to complete the required clinical validation and valuation prior to its deployment. With AI forecasted to improve patient outcomes by 40% and costs by 50% the new paradigm of zero trust must be adopted and leveraged to avoid the existential crisis facing biomedical AI research. Join us and learn how confidential computing and blockchain meet the requirements of zero trust.

“Hi dear, the doctor is here – where is our EMR wallet?”

Milan Shah | Chief Technology Officer, Biofourmis

Virtual healthcare is positively transforming how healthcare is delivered. As a result, multiple organizations must come together to execute care delivery that’s complicated by challenges with centralized EMR systems in virtual care management. Information management, including storage, sharing, and accessibility, needs to be carefully managed and considered. Blockchain technology is a viable solution to address new challenges created by virtual care.

Open DLT for Patient Privacy Protection in the Age of Healthcare Consumerism

Maria Palombini | Director, Healthcare & LIfe Science Global Practice Lead, IEEE SA
Sachin Shetty | Associate Director , Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University, and Executive Director of the Center for Secure and Intelligent Critical Systems
Daniel Harrell, PhD | Research Associate, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Key discussion points of this episode session include:

The role of open source DLTs in empowering and protecting patients data
The role of where technical and data standards are pragmatically needed
The technical and ethical considerations of patient data governance

Walk Before You Run: Why Healthcare Needs Web 2.5 Before It Can Adopt Web3

Bart Cant | CTO, Tydei.io
John Hatchell | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tydei.io

In this episode speakers discuss:

What elements of blockchain technology can healthcare benefit from TODAY without committing to decentralization
The strategy for utilizing DAML for the purpose of progressive decentralization in enterprise
Converging how TradFi was brought on chain to innovate healthcare payments
Future strategies utilizing DAO’s and NFT’s in a heavily regulated environment

Implementing Democratized Patient Health Record Access Through Distributed Ledger Technologies and Token Economics

Jim Nasr | CEO, Acoer

This episode delves into a real use case that led to the development of an existing production quality consumer app currently available on both Apple App Store and Google Play. The discussion focuses on practical considerations, implementation decisions and the nuances of the token economics that were the foundation of this solution.

How Patients Benefit From Broad Use of Blockchain in Healthcare

Mary Butler-Everson | SVP, Commercial Growth, Avaneer Health

Now and in the near future, blockchain improves the lives of patients. Hear how the patient journey transforms with the ability to control ownership of patient data, and how critical data is shared seamlessly between stakeholders. With blockchain, healthcare is becoming patient-centered, both clinically and administratively.

Future Health: Leveraging Space for Health Innovation

James Hury III | Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)

Mr. James Hury, Deputy Director and Chief Innovation Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) explores the future of health, and how preparing technologies to protect the health of astronauts in deep space can advance health for all humans, wherever they explore. Supported by the NASA Human Research Program (HRP), TRISH is an applied space health research catalyst that funds disruptive, high-impact scientific studies and technologies to equip astronauts for deep space exploration. The institute is seeking bold, courageous proposals from experts in disciplines spanning medicine, science, technology, and engineering who have the ideas and skills that will help us find solutions for the challenges and limitations facing human space travel.

Quadruple Aim Meets Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Paul Barach, Quadruple Aim Meets Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Sweta Sneha, Executive Director of Healthcare Management Informatics., Professor of Information Systems, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw University

Steve Meurer, Executive Principal, Data Science and Member Insights, Vizient

The group will evaluate telehealth policy and service interventions: framework to guide selection, and interpretation of study end points.

Patient Centricity and Ways to Expand Telehealth and Telemedicine Access

Dr. Innocent Clemente, CEO Ciba Health will address topics such as wearable device usefulness for both practitioners and insurers, opportunities of digital health and telemedicine for the insurance industry, and how to expand services and platforms across borders.

Biography

Innocent is a trained physician, innovator and entrepreneur, the CEO and Founder of Ciba health a digital therapeutic, chronic disease reversal and a virtual care company. Innocent Clement was the former CEO and Co-Founder of Kaia Health Inc., a digital therapeutic company, where he led Kaia Health initiatives here in the US, including partnerships, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, and expansion across North America.

Opportunities and Obstacles for Using Remote Monitoring and AI to Enable Sustained Integrated Telehealth

Telehealth has seen a rapid growth period in the last a couple of years globally, partly propelled by the pandemic. Now many patients and healthcare providers have seen the potential benefits of telehealth, many people are in the process to drive sustained growth of this new paradigm of healthcare. The panel will be focused on two key enabling factors of the future growth of integrated telehealth, i.e., remote monitoring and AI. They will use specific cases to discuss the Opportunities and Obstacles in the development, deployment, and commercialization of these technologies.

Biographies

Shereese Maynard is the Co-founder of NostraData Medical, a healthcare technology startup. Shereese also has a minority stake in HIT Like A Girl pod, a community platform for women in the health technology industry. A top 30 healthcare technology influencer rated by Health Tech Magazine, Shereese applies her expertise to help healthcare organizations scale and thrive in the health IT market. She advises startups and nonprofits on physician and patient engagement strategies. Shereese has worked in roles from tech consultant to executive leadership. Her work focuses on improving quality, efficiency, and patient safety in both Medicaid and Medicare programs across multiple states. Shereese is highly sought-after as a keynote speaker and writer in areas of expertise that include healthcare data governance and strategy, health IT strategies and development, and big data analytics. She actively advocates for women’s advancement in the health IT sector, and currently serves as ambassador for Women in Data Science and is passionate about creating opportunities for women.

Jiang Li, Ph.D., is founder and CEO of Vivalink, Inc., a provider of human vital data solutions for virtual healthcare applications. He holds 11 patents related to healthcare in three fundamental areas: wearable sensor technology, product features and design, and health data algorithms. Vivalink was created based on a belief that a simple digital link could build a communication bridge capable of sharing valuable diagnostic and monitoring information, empowering patients to be more involved while enjoying their normal lives. Prior to founding Vivalink in 2014, Li was vice president of Engineering at Thin Film Electronics and at Kovio, managing product and technology development in sensor technology and IoT, and trailblazing flexible electronics technology. Rising to the role of vice president of Product Engineering at Spansion, he was responsible for managing a $1.8 billion and accelerated product development speed by 50 percent. He is a published author and speaker in the fields of remote patient monitoring and telemedicine. As an expert in building a company with expertise across multifaceted fields of technology, IoT, medical regulatory requirements, data analytics and product development, his commentary is regarded among his peers as insightful and innovative. Li earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1998.

Prasad Kothari is an analytics and data science leader & Author who has worked extensively building high-performing teams for various organizations and has provided consulting to many fortune 500 clients. Currently, he focuses on helping clients realize the value of data science & blockchain to solve priority business problems, including healthcare analytics, customer analytics, marketing analytics, RWE/RWD, and supply chain analytics. Prasad has published healthcare data science research papers across leading journals, as well as books on AI.

Telehealth - Reimbursement, Workflows & Prescribing

Panelists will discuss topics below and their relevance for telehealth leaders

Current challenges for providers
- Reimbursement
- Workflows
- Prescribing
- Disparities of care
- Future vision for telehealth for health-systems

How Do We Get Physicians To Care About The Bottom-Line?

Modern healthcare is quickly evolving. The advent of EHRs and digital health is putting pressure on physicians to know more and more non-clinical information. In addition to their clinical expertise physician alignment and proficiency with financial, compliance, and administrative objectives is critical for the modern healthcare systems overall success. While physicians are experts at providing the best possible care for their patients, they receive little to no training on how to align with crucial health system initiatives resulting in friction between physician and health system stakeholders. The secret to harmoniously merging physician's clinical goals with the health system's business goals is increasing the application of evidence-based EHR integrated disease management.

Biography

Dr. Adam M. Robison is the founder and chief medical officer of AI Medica, INC. He also serves as the medical director over adult hospital medicine for the St. Luke’s Health System in Idaho. In addition to his non-clinical responsibilities, he is a practicing internal medicine hospitalist. He received his medical degree from the University of Louisville, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine. When not working in his various responsibilities, he loves spending time with his 4 amazing children and his beautiful wife of 18 years.

How ‘Resource Recycling’ Impacts a New Telehealth Paradigm

Telehealth provides an opportunity to change rules of engagement, reach out to neglected communities, and uncharted populations at the touch of a button, redefining a transformative vision from disconnection to a well-orchestrated consortium of value-based care and patient-centered services. All we need to do is to develop a ‘digital resource recycling’ mentality, and technology will take care of the rest.

The new telehealth paradigm supports outreach, connectivity and interaction, offering an opportunity to put an end to the current innovation predicament and function on a platform that we can scale and radically transform the pace and permanence of integration in health and care systems. The challenge is an overproduction of data, already contributing to the global carbon footprint. This is where data recycling comes in, as a sustainability prerequisite for the new telehealth paradigm.

Biography

Doctor Dimitris Kalogeropoulos is independent senior advisor with the World Bank, the WHO, UNICEF and the European Commission, recognized by his peers as thought leader and key policy expert in global health innovation and digital development acceleration. With a PhD in health systems science, he has twenty years of field experience in international development and thirty years in health innovation, clinical evaluation, medical AI, ethics, and innovation ecosystems, working together with governments, high-level strategy and policy committees, think-tanks, multilateral organisations and philanthropic organizations. Dimitris is the former CEO of a management consulting firm and sits on the board of advisors of a number of US companies. He volunteers as a senior member and advisor in the IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Programme, as mentor in the IEEE EMBS Young Professionals Entrepreneurship Programme for Healthcare Innovation, and as judge and mentor in the Edison™ Accelerator by GE Healthcare and the Wayra global open innovation hub.

Global Trends in Information Governance & Data Protection

This podcast will discuss the top legal and regulatory issues affecting information governance and data privacy and security measures being implemented or expanded in the United States and European Union. This presentation will provide valuable insights to startups and existing telemedicine providers and digital health technology companies seeking to understand strategic planning to optimize market success and maintain regulatory compliance.

Key Topics / Learning Points

Policy trends in the United States and recently enacted state privacy laws

Practical insights and recommendations to compliance with GDPR or local privacy rules

Flexibilities applied during the pandemic to ensure access to safer health care

Pending legislation impacting information governance and data protection

Access and use of individually identifiable information in clinical trials and research

Speaker Biographies

CHARLES C. DUNHAM, IV is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He serves as outside counsel to telemedicine practices and management companies and digital health technology companies on transactional, operational, and regulatory matters; HIPAA and state privacy rules; government and commercial payor reimbursement and audits; and white collar civil and criminal defense. He is the co-author of BNA Bloomberg’s Telehealth Portfolio Series, which is the foremost and comprehensive publication on telehealth legal and regulatory issues.

CARSTEN KOCIOK is a Local Partner at Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP. He is a data protection expert with a wide-ranging practice representing an enviable roster of domestic and international clients on complex issues. Carsten advises clients across industries including healthcare, financial services, media, real estate and on a wide variety of complex matters, including cybersecurity, data breach response and compliance. He is a leading technology specialist and a recognized expert on GDPR and other EU and German privacy regulations.

Leveraging Web 3.0 Architecture for Healthcare 4.0

The global digital transformation has been exponentially accelerated by the latest pandemic and we have a unique opportunity to redefine, redesign and reconfigure global wellness, global health and global health-care delivery systems. Telehealth and telemedicine play a key role in this new ecosystem and can act as a gateway to achieving Healthcare 4.0. The dual power of increased telehealth adoption, and transitioning towards a decentralized next generation internet (web 3.0) can act as a catalyst to enhance our efforts toward attainment of a more equitable healthcare ecosystem.

Biography

Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes is CEO of Softhread Inc., the Founder and CEO of The Science, Entrepreneurship and Investments Institute, Founder & CEO of Revexpo Consulting and currently serving as a Country Director for WBAF USA, Senator of WBAF, Faculty Member of the WBAF Business School- Division of Entrepreneurship, and teaching the Executive MBA Business Technology Course at the UM Business School. She is also acting as the Chief Innovation Officer for Government Blockchain Association. Most recently she served as President of Detect Genomix, Chief Quality and Safety Officer Chief and Innovation Officer for Mednax, Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Chief of Compliance for the University of Miami UHealth System. Additionally, Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes serves an an Expert Advisor to EUBOF, is an Advisory Board Member of several companies, entrepreneurship incubators or accelerators, as well as an Editorial Board Member for several international publications, an author, keynote speaker and TV/Media partner.

Data as Strategy: How Platforms Solve Problems and Ecosystems Can Transform the Industry

Many organizations talk about the power of data but too few really understand the full potential. Utilizing a strategic framework that redefines the roles of collaboration and innovation, see how one organization built competitive differentiators by expanding upon the concept of a data analytics platform to create a data operating system and beyond enterprise analytics to facilitating an ecosystem.

Biography

Tom Andriola is Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data; Chief Data Officer, UC Irvine and UCI Health. He is responsible for ensuring the effective and strategic use of data and technology across all aspects of the UCI enterprise. Prior to joining UCI, he served as Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the University of California System, working with campus and healthcare leaders to expand the use of technology strategically and realize operational synergies. Among his accomplishments, he created the organizational platform to support the collaboration of 8,000 IT professionals across the University, launched a nationally-recognized IT Leadership Academy, and played a leading role in developing UC Health’s big data strategy, which led to the creation of the UCwide clinical data warehouse representing 16 million patients. Prior business accomplishments include enabling the first national mammography program in Europe, introducing a virtual care solution for intensive care patients in India, and collaborating with Peking University and the China Association for Cardiologists to build its first clinical data repository of cardiology patients in China.

He has built innovation teams in India, China, Israel, and Brazil. Andriola spent the earlier years of his career as a leader for multi-billion dollar enterprises in the capacity of a global CIO and business transformation officer with organizations such as Royal Philips, Marconi PLC, Sapient and Price Waterhouse Coopers. He serves as the Chairperson for CENIC (advancing research & bridging the digital divide in California) and as a Board member for OCHIN (dedicated to addressing healthcare equity nationally). He is an advisor to several early-stage software companies and maintains advisory relationships collaborating on research and innovation at the UCSD/UCI California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, UCSF Center for Digital Health Innovation, and UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health.

The Evolution and Promise of Digital Health

Learn about the history of health IT policy in the US, and how the national infrastructure being built today via the 21st Century Cures Act, is paving the way for a digitally native healthcare ecosystem in the years ahead.

Biography

Stephen Konya joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the Senior Innovation Strategist for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). In addition to developing the Agency’s external and internal innovation strategy, he also serves as a key liaison for innovation related projects and challenges, specifically targeting engagement opportunities with the healthcare startup and investor communities. In this role, Mr. Konya has led several key ONC projects, including the national Health IT Playbook, the ONC Patient Engagement Playbook for Providers, the SMART App Gallery, the FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) Initiative, and is a founding Co-Chair of the Together.Health Collaborative.

Prior to his position with the Federal Government, he served concurrently as Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Results Officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health. Where, in addition to many other responsibilities, he was tasked with leading the agency's Innovation and Open Data strategy, and was appointed Chair of the Open Data sub-committee under the IL Alliance for Health, a CMMI State Innovation Model (SIM) planning grant. Other assignments included being appointed to the IL Commission on the Elimination of Poverty, and Co-Chair of the Illinois Workforce Investment Board’s (IWIB) Healthcare Taskforce.

Previously, Mr. Konya served as the Chief of Staff for the IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and CFO of the IL Human Rights Commission. He holds a BBA in Finance and International Business from Loyola University of Chicago, and was both a Fellow and Mentor of the Mid-America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute (MARPHLI) program, at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), School of Public Health.

Developing Evidence for Telehealth Effectiveness

Francis X. Campion, MD, Principal Lead Digital Health and Group Leader, Health AI, MITRE Corporation

Raising the Bar in RPM Innovation with Value Based Patient-Centered Care

Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare & LIfe Science Global Practice Lead, IEEE SA

Vladimir A. Pozdin, Asst. Professor, Department of Electrical. Computer and Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University

The Role Blockchain Tech Can Play in Solving Today's Telemedicine Limitations

Data security, regulatory compliance, cost of IT infrastructure, cross border consultations, and interoperability are just some of the challenges telemedicine faces today. Find out how blockchain technology can help solve many of the pressing challenges, telemedicine faces today.

Biography

Pradeep Goel, CEO of Solve.Care, has extensive expertise in blockchain, finance, technology and healthcare. He has been in the CEO, COO, CIO and CTO roles at various insurance, technology and healthcare companies over the last 30+ years. Pradeep was deeply involved in designing and building solutions for public programs such as Medicaid eligibility and enrollment, children health insurance program administration, Medicare claims, SNAP/TANF administration and payments, child Welfare program administration, and many others. Pradeep worked with the healthcare initiatives of the both the Bush and Obama administration to design and build several public program solutions under the Health Savings Act and Affordable Care Act.

Prior to founding Solve.Care, Pradeep built 4 healthcare IT companies and has been at the top of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, INC500/5000 fastest growing companies lists multiple times. Pradeep was included in the 100 most promising entrepreneurs globally, complied by Goldman Sachs.

International Trends in Virtual Care - Views from Brazil, UK, and Singapore

Learn how the market for virtual care has evolved, what the greatest challenges are to expansion and scale and what can help the development of virtual care solutions in markets around the world.

THMT participating editors:

· Jefferson Fernandes, MD, PhD, MBA, Neurologist, Vice President, Brazilian Association of Telemedicine and Telehealth. Coordinator, Telemedicine Education Program, Medical Association of São Paulo. Academic Coordinator, Management & Innovation in Health, IBCMED, Brazil

· Adam Chee, PhD, Chief, Smart Health Leadership Centre, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore

· Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, The Organization for the Review of Health and Care Apps (ORCHA), UK

Moderator, Marcus Osborne, MBA, Former SVP Walmart Health, Walmart Health & Wellness

Insiders Perspectives on Hybrid Care

Hear from Microsoft, Teladoc Health, and Ravkoo Health executives about what’s currently top of mind in their respective healthcare businesses, and what they are being asked to deliver for clients and consumers.

Molly K. McCarthy MBA, RN-BC is the National Director, US Health Provider and Plans for Microsoft. Her career journey spans almost 30 years in the health and technology industries. She is passionate about uniting technology, clinicians, and patients to improve care delivery, safety, and outcomes. Molly joined Microsoft in 2013 and served as the US Chief Nursing Officer until August 2020. She currently now leads a team of industry clinical and technical subject matter experts that drive digital technology innovation and transformation for health provider and payor organizations. Connect with Molly on LinkedIn and Twitter @MollyMcCarthyRN

Alpesh Patel, CEO of ravkoo, immigrated to the United States and worked as a pharmacist for several years before teaming up with Manish Patel to open their own pharmacy. This pharmacy soon turned into a chain of pharmacies across several states, and from there, Alpesh branched out into the world of telehealth. Alpesh now focuses on finding solutions in telehealth and care across the USA as entrepreneur. His current endeavor is creating a curious app and patient wellness index score bringing health data and services to one health index stop for the consumer.

Dr. Shayan Vyas serves as Medical Officer and SVP at Teladoc Health. He leads the Health Hospitals and Health systems (HHS) division and previously lead Clinical Operations. As part of his Clinical Operations duties, he helped managed Teladoc’s Global physician group (>5000 physicians, and well as Teladoc’s employed physician group) during the peak COVID 2019-21 years. On HHS team, he is the leading physician with clinical responsibilities in product, implementation, and execution with Teladoc health systems and hospitals. Dr.Vyas is an executive leader, practicing intensivist and telehealth physician with over 20K telehealth visits. He has more 10 Years of virtual health experience. Prior to joining Teladoc, Dr.Vyas worked with multiple digital health vendors (Electronic medical records companies, Medical Devices, SaaS, and patient engagement companies). He also started the first multi-hospital telehealth program in the US. Dr.Vyas earned his medical degree from Medical University of the Americas, completed residency at University of Florida and pediatric critical care at Miami Children’s He earned his Master’s in Business Administration in 2019 from Auburn University. He is passionate on addressing the digital divide and the social determents of health. He serves as a board member on a medical device company, a nonprofit magnet school in low income Orlando neighborhood, and a large international for-profit full service- dinning/restaurant company.

Key Components of a Tech-Enabled Hospital at Home Program

Sandeep Pulim

Until recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.

Biography

Sandeep Pulim, MD is a physician entrepreneur and currently medical director at Biofourmis. Dr. Pulim most recently served as the Chief Medical Officer at Bluestream Health and Chief Innovation Officer at Medici. Prior to joining the Medici team, Dr. Pulim worked to enable cognitive clinical decision-making technology at the point of care for HCPs and patients, to positively impact clinical learning and quality measures for healthcare organizations, pharma, and payers. Previously as co-founder and CMO of Health Recovery Solutions, Dr. Pulim helped empower patients to better manage their health and improve quality of life using evidence-based interventions and has also served as Senior Medical Editor at MDLinx. Dr. Pulim also helped create sustainable healthcare innovation via enabling fellows to improve the health of communities by creating innovative technology solutions that deliver transformational impact while molding the next generation of leaders at Health for America.

Addressing Workforce Crisis Through New Models of Care

Kathleen McGrow DNP, MS, RN, PMP, Chief Nursing Information Officer, Microsoft Health & Life Sciences

The healthcare industry has already been burdened by longstanding trends like aging populations, provider burnout, and patient dissatisfaction. Healthcare burnout has increased significantly during the pandemic. Many factors are putting strain on the industry: expanding healthcare roles, squeeze in reimbursements, competition for patient volume, shifts in the delivery of care, and a shortage of providers and staff. These factors have contributed to the unprecedented challenge forcing healthcare organizations to rethink established norms and operational best practices. While new technologies have promised significant clinical and operational benefits for healthcare organizations, COVID-19 has turned them from nice-to-haves to imperatives. This session will discuss how today’s workforce crisis can be addressed through new models of care such as telehealth.

Objectives:

Discuss the business process and business applications revolution
Explain the experience revolution
Describe the impact of new models of care on the clinical workforce

Market Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges of Telehealth Players

Telehealth Players That Will Win Vs. Lose In The Near Future + Equitable Access For Sub-Populations To Telehealth Services

Katrin Zimmermann, Managing Director, TLGG, North America

There are three types of known “telehealth players” and only two will prevail in the future. The first type are credible known entities like Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, or Amazon Care, which would be their online arm. The second type will be telehealth solutions that broker availability of different services between brands. The third type – and the one that won’t work – is the standalone solution. From a patient standpoint, more credibility is needed to use these services. Smart market players in the telehealth industry anticipate future trends and make sure business focuses on several consumer problems, not one.

Further, there are concerns about equitable access to telehealth services, particularly for video telehealth – something HCPs and telehealth companies should think about as telehealth becomes a long-term/permanent solution. Basic technological barriers like lack of broadband access, digital literacy, social isolation, disparities in technology/device ownership prevent patients from engaging with their providers via telehealth. These barriers have disproportionate impacts across different populations. Additionally, social data gaps – low technology for certain sub-populations indicates minimal data availability.

Challenges and Opportunities in Space Medicine, Space Flight, and Holoportation

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Josef Schmid III, NASA Flight Surgeon and Major General (retired), Mobilization Assistant to the Surgeon General of the Air Force

An overview of the NASA space medicine operations current spaceflight challenges and opportunities in the context of the environments of care including air, space and terrestrially in our domestic and international health systems. He will provide a worldwind tour of Space Medicine origins, space telemedicine, medical training required, extreme environmenta of care, NASA international and off the planet medical operations, mission planning, space physiology, longitudinal surveillance of astronaut health, current and future missions, commercial space flight and new vehicles. Dr. Schmid will introduce the Holoportation Project, the first Holographic Transportation of humans to space, new technologies and opportunities for collaboration and problem solving with NASA.

The Intersection of Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity Threat in Healthcare – Resilience and Competition

Florence D. Hudson, BSE, Founder and CEO, FDHint

Shantanu Chakrabortty, Founder, Free Dynamics

Opportunities and Challenges of Swarm AI for Decentralized Clinical Research

Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Prof. Dr. Joachim L. Schultze, Director Systems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE); Director, Genomics & Immunoregulation, LIMES-Institute, University of Bonn Germany
Krishnaprasad Shastry, Director, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Vikram Shetty, Medical Director, Singapore and Asia Area Lung Cancer Lead, AstraZeneca

Telehealth and Virtual Care - An International Perspective

o Dirk Schroeder, CEO, Updraft Health Innovation Advisors

o Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA, Neurologist, Vice-president Brazilian Association of Telemedicine and Telehealth. Coordinator, Telemedicine Education Program, Medical Association of São Paulo. Academic Coordinator, MBA - Management & Innovation in Health, IBCMED, Brazil

o Patrick Quinlan, MD, CEO and Founder, Hippo Technologies and CEO Emeritus, Ochsner Health System

Quantum Techniques and Technologies for Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Quantum based security solutions for low resource platforms. Learn and prepare for breaches with a pre-emptive stance and not just when there is an imminent threat.

Shaping the Future of Healthcare Through Blockchain-Powered Technology

Cathy Mulligan, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, Director of DCentral Lab, Instituto Superior Técnico, UK

Nadia Hewett, Blockchain and Emerging Technology Expert, University of California and Project Lead, Data for Global Common Good, WEF

Susan Somerville, CEO, Chronicled

Mohan Venkataraman, CTO, Chainyard

Blockchain is a Team Sport

Brian Thornley, AVP Supply Excellence and Digital Transformation, Merck Sharp & Dohme

Digital Identities: DLT with Hedera in Healthcare and Privacy

Jim Nasr | CEO of Acoer

Responsible AI in Healthcare: Best Practices to Improve Healthcare Delivery

o Prasad Kothari, Director, Axtria Health

o Tarun Mohan Lal, Vice President, Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer, Atrium/Navicent and incoming President of Society for Health Systems

o Dr. Anand S. Rao, Partner and Global AI Lead, PwC

o Swathi Young, Chief Technology Officer, Integrity Management Services Inc.

Health Tech Analyst Commentary & Market Watch

• Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

• Michael TS Lindenmayer, Special Advisor, Tata Trusts

• Peter Micca, Partner, Health and Life Sciences, Deloitte

• Jailendra Singh, Director, Equity Research, Healthcare Technology & Distribution, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Pragmatic to Prevalent: Digital Identities for Clinical Access Author Discussion with Medilinker Project Team

Daniel Toshio Harrell, PhD | Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Anjum Khurshid, PhD | Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth MD | Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Ryan Wright, Moderator | CEO, Nvlope and BHTY Missouri Ambassador

BHTY authors Daniel Toshio Harrell, PhD, Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth MD, and Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD and podcast host Ryan Wright, BHTY Missouri Ambassador, discuss the Medilinker project.

Speakers discuss the scope of the two papers published in BHTY, choice of blockchain use, intention of the project and future growth for this and similar projects. Discover the growing ecosystem of distributed ledger technologies in the healthcare industry and the unique ways to prove concepts in a field where change is slow and graduated in achieving milestones.

The articles may be accessed below. Readers may ersue the entire ConV2X 2021 Original Research Proceedings Issue here.

Articles discussed:

Technical Design and Development of a Self-Sovereign Identity Management Platform for Patient-Centric Healthcare Using Blockchain Technology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.196
Improving Transitions of Care: Designing a Blockchain Application for Patient Identity Management, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.200

Bio NFTs and Digital Liquidity

Daniel Uribe, CEO

Genobank.io

Ryan Wright

CEO, Nvlope and BHTY Missouri Ambassador

The fireside chat features an in-depth discussion with the founder of Genobank.io regarding the future of NFT use in healthcare. NFTs are explored as a means to autonomy in health information. Citizens are slowly understanding the (digital) liquidity of thier confidential data to institutions such as payors and health systems.

Enterprise blockchain in healthcare is slowly maturing and many institutions are adopting the tools for transormation.

Questions to resolve are autonomous (asset) ownership of data, or paying a third party to catalogue an individual's data.

Will the Real Metaverse Please Stand Up (Part 2)

Rafael Brown - CEO & Founder at Symbol Zero and Microsoft Regional Director, Silicon Valley

Charlie Northrup - CEO, NeurSciences

Sweta Sneha, PhD - Executive Director of Healthcare Management Informatics

Will the Real Metaverse Please Stand Up (Part 1)

Rafael Brown - CEO & Founder at Symbol Zero and Microsoft Regional Director, Silicon Valley

Charlie Northrup - CEO, NeurSciences

Tory Cenaj - Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health

PharmaLedger: Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare: Privacy-Enhancement with Blockchain

Halid Kayhan, Co-lead for Regulatory, Legal and Data Privacy Framework, PharmaLedger

Life Science Business Value of Blockchain Case Use

Daniel Laverick, Head of SAP and IT Solutions, Zuellig Pharma

Accelerating Healthcare with Innovation in Blockchain

Stuart Hanson, CEO, Avaneer

The Future of Patient-Centered mRPM

Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Narendra Mangra, Co-Chair, IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Program
Michael Carter, Program Director, Mass Brigham General
Shayan Vyas, Vice President & Medical Director, Clinical Operations, Teladoc Health

Home Health and the Future | Partners in Digital Health

• Sumit Nagpal, CEO, Founder, Board Director, Cherish Health • Kaveh Safavi, Senior Managing Director of Global Health Business, Accenture • Larry Leisure , Chicago Pacific Partners, Founder/Managing Partner

Driving Telehealth Equity through Local Libraries & Community Connectivity

o Craig Settles, Founder Gigabit Nation Radio

o Katherine Trujillo, Deputy Director, Libraries Without Borders

o Shauntee Burns-Simpson, President of Black Caucus of the American Library Association, (BCALA)

o Renee Patton, Global Education & Healthcare Director, Cisco Systems, Inc.

How Health Plan Providers and Telehealth Partnerships Advance Care & Scaled Adoption | Partners in Digital Health

• Joe Hawayek, Head of Virtual Health, Aetna International (MEA), UAE

• Scott Rissmiller, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Physician Executive, Atrium Health

• Susy Postal, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Indian Health Service

Successes and Failures: Gaps in Home Health Care

Andrew Richards, Co-Founder, Amend Health
Vanessa Leigh McLaughlin, CEO, Welcome Home Health
Mike Biselli, SVP Evangelist, OLIVE
Sajid Ahmed, CEO, Wise Healthcare, Remote Primary Care

Financial Confidence Strategies for Telehealth ROI & Investment Value

o Bryan Arkwright, CEO, Cromford Heath

Efficiency & Outcomes of Direct Access to Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders vs Physician-First Access in the US

Aideen Turner, PT, Cert. MDT, CEAS, CEO, Virtual Physical Therapists

Ron Donelson, MD, MS, American Physical Therapy Association

Alice Bell, PT, DPT, Board Certified Specialist in Geriatrics, Senior Payment Specialist, APTA

Heidi Ojha, Founder, Aware Health and Associate Professor, Temple University

Meeting Needs of Pediatric Patients in Grades K-12 with Telehealth: A Case Study

Josh Golomb, CEO, Hazel Health
Rubin Reyes, School Superintendent, Robla School District

Impacting Consumer Loyalties in the New Health Data Economy: Fair Data Strategies, Innovation, Trust & Trends

o Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory Officer, Citizen

o Dan Brillman, CEO, Unite Us

o Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director, Consumer Choice Center

o Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO, DAMO Consulting and Author of “The Big Unlock”

The State of Data Onboarding, Interoperability and Trust

Jason R. Crites, Founder and CEO Assurance Health Data Inc, USA
Christine Lemke, Co-CEO, Evidation Health
Dr. Arif Nathoo, CEO, Komodo Health
Dave Wessinger, CEO, PointClickCare

Hospitals Without Walls

o Steve R. Ommen, MD, Medical Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic. Medical Director, Digital Products & Product/Platform Strategy. Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

o Rami Karjian, CEO, Medically Home

Optimized Patient Engagement and the Consumer Experience – How Digital Health Improves Timely Patient Engagement, Effectiveness and Experience

Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director, Consumer Choice Center

Omar Dawood MD, MPH, MBA, President, BetterUp Care

Florian Otto, Co-Founder, Cedar

Pros and Cons of Visual Medical Communications | Research Writer Boot Camp

Moderator

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

Speakers

Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA

Paul Barach, BSc, MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Lecturer, Senior Advisor to Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, USA; Professor, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Australia

Robert Mathias, PhD, Executive Director, ISMPP

Pragmatic to Prevalent: Digital Identities for Clinical Access Begin

Speakers:

Ryan M Wright, MBA, CBE

Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth, MD

Daniel Toshio-Harrell, PhD

Home Based Primary Care & Why It's Important

• Sean Mehra, CEO, Healthtap

• Marcus Osborne, Former SVP of Walmart Health

• What is primary care? What are consumers really looking for and why is it important?

• How does the "primary care" model consumers want virtually play out in the home? What is required for success? What are the best scenarios for virtual primary care, and what are the limitations?

• Can we create a solution with all the benefits of virtual and overcome perceived limitations, too?

• Who pays for primary care? Why them and should it be them?

Telehealth solutions can play a critical role in conflict and combat situations to identify injury, illness, rehabilitation, recovery support, and even behavioral and mental health care to aid civilian patients.

Learn what impact telehealth plays in war, how continuous care can be provided, and what specific needs must be met for guaranteed remote and emergency care.

Speakers

Zaher Sahloul, President and Co-founder of MedGlobal, Pulmonary & Critical Care Associate Professor, The University of Illinois Chicago

Marcus Osborne, Former SVP, Walmart Heath

Breaking Barriers of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Digital Health

o Moderator, Tarun Mohan Lal, Vice President, Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer, Navicent Health, USA

o Elad Walach, CEO, Aidoc

o Erickson, Bradley J., MD, PhD, Professor of radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic

NewCos – Better, Stronger, Faster

o Nir Shalom, CEO, flo.LIVEo

o Russell Glass, CEO, Ginger Health

o Lisa Lavin, CEO, Omcare

o April Mims, Senior VP, Public Policy, Hims&Hers

o Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health

Innovations in Virtual Healthcare: The Evolving Competitive Landscape Telehealth and Virtual Care – An International Perspective

o Dirk Schroeder, CEO, Updraft Health Innovation Advisors

o Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA, Neurologist, Vice-president Brazilian Association of Telemedicine and Telehealth. Coordinator, Telemedicine Education Program, Medical Association of São Paulo. Academic Coordinator, MBA - Management & Innovation in Health, IBCMED, Brazil

o Patrick Quinlan, MD, CEO and Founder, Hippo Technologies and CEO Emeritus, Ochsner Health System

The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Impact Study

o FX Campion, Principal Lead, Digital Health, Health Transformation Technical Center, The MITRE Corporation

The Role of Science in the World Today: Innovation, Truth and Communications

Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Lecturer and Senior Advisor, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health

Dr. Rami Farraj, King Hussein Medical Center in Jordan, Head of Jordan National HIT/EMR program and King’s Physician, Jordan

Professor Walter Ricchardi, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Scientific Advisor to the Italian Minister of Health for the coronavirus pandemia Scientific Director of Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) President of Mission Board for Cancer of European Commission

Professor Eyal Zimlichamn, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Fraud and Credentialing in Telehealth and Medicine

o Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA

o Gary Cantrell, Senior Executive, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG)

o Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FRCP (Lon.) President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

Health Innovation and Architecture: What Future Environments Bring to Workers, Patients, Wellness and Outcomes

Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Professor, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Australia and Lecturer and Senior Advisor, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, USA
Bill Hercules, FAIA, FACHA, FACHE, CEO, WJH Health
Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust, UK
Tye Farrow, Senior Partner, Farrow Partners Architects, Canada

Global Health Passes: Impact on Standards, Interoperability and Economies

• Jim StClaire, Chief Trust Officer, Lumedic.io

• Brian Behendorf, Director, Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) and Hyperledger

• Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer, Evernym, Co-Chair Governance Stack Working Group and Co-Chair, Sovrin Governance Framework Working Group

Ensuring Healthcare Resilience & Transformation Through Policy

o Dennis V. Chornenky, MBA MPH MS, Presidential Innovation Fellow, White House

o Jodi G. Daniel, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

o David Randall, PhD, Executive Director and Resident Scholar, American Research and Policy Institute

Future Ready Regulatory Frameworks & Real World Data: A Review of EU Digital Health Policy

o Micaela Seemann Monteiro, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Digital Transformation, CUF, Portugal

o Saara Malkamaki, Specialist, Sitra/TEHDAS, Health Data 2030 at Sitra, Finland

o Dipak Kalra, President, The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data, Belgium

o Stephan Schug, President, German eHealth Association and Chief Digital Strategist, Iqmed

Home Health Business Critical Regulation and Policy

o Bill Dombi, President · ‎National Association for Home Care & Hospice

o Dan Lowenstein, VP of Policy, VNSNY

o Carol Yarbrough, Business Operations Manager, Telehealth Resource Center, UCSF

Speaking Business Critical Solutions: Achieving Competitive Cyber Supremacy through Regulation and Policy

• Joyce Hunter, Executive Director, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, (ICIT)

• Paul Browne, CISO, Henry Ford Health System

• Kelvin Coleman, Partner, IBM and former Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)

• Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMware Carbon Black

• Robert Wood, CISO, Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS)

Telehealth Billing and Fraud Enforcement

o Charles Dunham, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

o Carolyn L. Yocom, Director, Health Care Team, US Government Accountability Office (GOA)

o Krista Drobac, Executive Director, Home Health Movement Coalition

o Chris Johnson, VP, Head of Corporate Development, Landmark Health

o Mark Prather, Co-Founder and CEO, DispatchHealth

o Dan Savitt, CEO, VNSNY

o Travis Messina, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Contessa Health

Trusting Science and Evidence in a Post-COVID World

Dr. Susan R. Bailey, AMA President

Truth and Relevance in Global Scientific Communication and Dissemination

Tory Cenaj

Home Health Business Critical Regulation and Policy

Bill Dombi | President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice

Dan Lowenstein | VP of Policy, VNSNY

Carol Yarbrough | Business Operations, Telehealth Resource Center, UCSF

Telehealth Billing and Fraud Enforcement | ConV2X 2021: Day 1, Session 3

Carolyn Yocom

Charles C. Dunham, IV

Securing the Chain of Custody and Integrity of Data in a Global North-South Partnership to Monitor the Quality of Essential Medicines

Natalie Meyers + Kathleen Hayes

Re-engineering Clinical Trial Management System Using Blockchain Technology

Yan Zhuang, PhD | National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University

Smart Contract Solutions for Transactional Inefficiency in Medical Device Procurement | John Hatchell

Learn the latest developments, solutions and forward-looking approaches with this technology for healthcare. How do panelists view healthcare delivery systems changing through blockchain-powered technology? What solutions are they spearheading along with new models of collaborations with which they are involved? The panel will highlight how blockchain is leveraged to transform health systems.

MediLinker: A Patient-centric Electronic Health Identity Management System Using Blockchain Technology

Daniel Toshio Harrell

Muhammad Usman

Ladd Hanson

Anjum Khurshid

Integrating Blockchain with AI and 5G to Mitigate COVID-19: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Frank Ashmore

Decentralized Identity Management for E-Health Applications: State-of-the-Art Guidance for Future Work

Anton Hasselgren | Abylay Satybaidy

CORES Issues on Blockchain Deployment in Healthcare: Evidence from Experts

John Robert Bautista

Daniel Toshio Harrell

Eric T. Meyer

Eliel Oliveira

Anjum Khurshid

Applicability of Blockchain-based Implementation for Risk Management in Healthcare Projects

In Bae Chung | Graduate Research Assistant

Carlos Caldas | Professor of Construction Engineering and Project Management

Research Datasets As Assets: Blockchain-Based Valuation And Transaction Methods

Wendy Charles, PhD, CIP, CCRP, CBP et al

Blockchain applied to network science: toward implementing multilevel blockchain-based network intervention to address health inequity in healthcare delivery system,

Kayo Fujimoto, et al.

Mustafa Abdul Moheeth

The 5th Annual ConVerge2Xcelerate (#ConV2X) 2021 Symposium (https://conv2xsymposium.com), featured international blockchain technology use cases and a blueprint for secure health systems, safe and efficacious life science implementations, and data protection in a new digital health era.

The acclaimed health technology symposium is the premier destination community identifying new and cost-effective paths forward through real world evidence, strategy, operations, research & trends, where healthcare leadership and breakthrough technology providers inspire and guide informed decision making for health and policy development.

Health Innovation & Architecture: What Future Environments Bring to Workers, Patients, Wellness and Outcomes, with:

Paul Barach, BSc, MD, MPH, Maj (ret)
Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive
Tye Farrow, FRAIC, BArch, MArchUD, LEED AP, OAA, MAIB
Bill Hercules, FAIA, FACHA, FACHE

Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA

Gary Cantrell, Senior Executive, Department of Health and Human Services

Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FRCP (Lon.)(HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Jay Parkinson

Sherpaa, Founder & CEO

Sandeep Pulim

Medici MD, CIO

In a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors will have fewer patients, but spend more time addressing medical concerns and preventing disease among their set of patients.

The session will address how concierge medicine can solve some of the biggest problems around traditional healthcare payment options. Does this model reduce costs in the short- and long-term? What apps are being developed in tandem?

What’s the physician and patient perspective toward concierge medicine?

Privacy laws like GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have created a much more regulated environment in which enterprises need to operate in regards to consumer data permissions. Built on hyperledger fabric, HealthVerity Consent is an enterprise-level platform that allows organizations to aggregate and manage all existing touchpoints across the organization in one central location to comply with evolving privacy requirements.

In this session we'll review what it took to deliver an enterprise blockchain installation where we drove business process change across departments and companies to better manage rights to data access and use. We’ll cover:

-5 key lessons learned you can apply to future blockchain implementations

-How to integrate into a non-blockchain ecosystem

-What challenges were faced in order to drive business process change with blockchain

-How to manage existing barriers when migrating from legacy systems and business process to distributed ledger technology

Ellen McCarthy

Cadent Medical Communications, Managing Director

Julia Saiz Shimosato

Syneos Health, SVP

Description: Today’s healthcare industry is unapologetically data-driven. From virtual biotech start-ups to big pharma and independent research agencies, making data available to the public, whether positive or negative, is an integral component of any research and development effort. Among all the means available for scientific communications, peer-reviewed publications remain the gold standard platform for the public release and vetting of biomedical data, from preclinical to advanced-stage clinical studies. And behind most effective peer-review communication strategies and efforts, there is craft, knowledge and a mix of experience, intuition and resourcefulness.

Our session will focus on the rules and norms shaping the peer-review publication ecosystem, discussing best practices and industry guidance, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of the approach, the standards, the development, and ultimately the publication, of biomedical manuscripts. Topics to be covered include: conceptualization: how different types of studies make it into manuscripts; steps to publication; industry guidance and authorship criteria: GPP3 and ICMJE; defining manuscripts: whitepaper vs peer-review publication vs editorial; journal selection; and management of the peer-review process.

As publications professionals in the pharmaceutical industry, we have provided strategic and executional support to clients around the world. Our goal is always the same: to excel as publication partners, from concept to print. We look forward to seeing you on October 24, 2018, for an informative and insightful session on best practices in peer-review publications.

Heather Flannery (Moderator)

ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

Avinash Burra

Digital Asset, Product Manager

Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi

Deloitte, Former U.S. Treasury Senior Policy Advisor

Jim Kyung-Soo Liew

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Assistant Professor of Finance

Description: The what's and who's of the stakeholders in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best public platforms for smart contracts with payments are, and if scalable, technological limitations. In addition, best case implementations ,where smart contracts are deployed , specifically, with healthcare payments and reimbursements.

Rhonda Johnston, Ph.D., BC-FNP, BC-ANP

Director, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Rita F. Kobb, MSN, APRN-BC

Telehealth Training Team Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Claire Marty, MN, RN

National Quality Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Padraic McVeigh, RN, MSN

Quality Manager, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Mr. Bruce Brandes

Senior Vice President of Consumer Centered Virtual Care, Teladoc Health

Dr. Lyle Berkowitz

CEO of Back Nine Healthcare Consulting and Editor-in-chief of Telehealth and Medicine Today

The COVID-19 pandemic exponentially accelerated adoption of virtual care and heightened consumer expectations, which caused health systems to reimagine their role in virtual care. As a result, adoption of virtual care has empowered health systems to move beyond siloed applications to a comprehensive, whole-person approach that consumers will need across their healthcare journey.

In this podcast, Bruce Brandes and Dr. Lyle Berkowitz discuss the current state and future of virtual care and the unique position of health systems to earn their place within the “consumer circle of trust”.

Heather Flannery (Moderator)

ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

Jose Arrieta

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary

Debbie Bucci

Government Office, IT Architect

Tom Savel

CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation Unit

Tory Cenaj (Moderator)

Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine Today

Courtney Morris

ARTiFACTS, President, Co-Founder

Sean Manion

Science Distributed, Chief Executive

Description: Significant portions of usable, and funded research never make it through the data funnel, getting lost as "dark knowledge." Blockchain technology offers new ways to bring this dark knowledge to light. The panel will discuss how blockchain technology impacts research and scholarly outputs including attribution, reproducibility, immutability and peer review. Discussions will include how the technology can promote more knowledge, abbreviating time to market. Emerging use cases will be highlighted to demonstrate how the technology has dislodged traditional academic publishing practices including the ability to mine dark knowledge for potential scientific breakthroughs.

With ConV2X in the not-too-distant future, we decided to hark back to one of last year's Keynote Addresses with the one and only, John D. Halamka.

John D. Halamka, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Information Officer; Beth Israel Deaconess Med; Editor-in-Chief, BHTY

Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where he received a degree in medical microbiology and a degree in public policy with a focus on technology issues. He entered medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and simultaneously pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on technology issues in medicine. He completed his residency at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

In his role at BIDMC, Dr. Halamka is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic information technology, serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 employees, and 1,000,000 patients. As chairman of NEHEN, Dr. Halamka oversees clinical and administrative data exchange among the payers, providers, and patients in Massachusetts. As a Harvard professor, he has served the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration, and national governments throughout the world planning their healthcare IT strategy.

Dr. Halamka has authored five books on technology-related issues, hundreds of articles and thousands of posts on the popular Geekdoctor blog. He runs Unity Farm in Sherborn, MA and serves as caretaker for 150 animals, 30 acres of agricultural production and a cidery/winery.

Ted Tanner (Moderator)

PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTO

Matt Cunningham

SVP, Business Development, Evicore

Erik Pupo

Chief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Cente

Jay Sales

Co-Director, VSP Global

Description: Over the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction will also reduce costs and bring true transparency to all transactions in healthcare. Many believe that the Health IT industry is completely homeostatic for any type of true disruption. Why does the industry trumpet disruption when their actions speak louder than words? We address these concerns with leaders on the cutting edge of technology.

William Baker (Moderator)

New York University, Director, Global Debate Fund

Richard Heinzl

WorldCare International, Inc., Global Medical Director

Richard Migliori

UnitedHealth Group, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

David Gruber

Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of Research

Michael K. Gusmano

The Hastings, Center Research Scholar

Summary:

The affirmative team provides a defense of the topic wording that can include parts or its entirety. They will offer an initial “case” in their opening presentation, rebuild it in their response by refuting the negative attacks and offer key final comparisons in their rebuttals.

The negative team’s job is to disprove the affirmative thesis. Their initial presentation should poke holes in the initial affirmative presentation and outline any of their own proofs for their side. The negative response will point out the key points unanswered by the affirmative response and refute attacks on their proofs. Their rebuttal will offer key final comparisons.

The audience will vote for the most persuasive argument.

Vince Albanese

Haven Health Solutions, CEO

Mark Jacobs

Delaware Health Information Network, Chief Information Officer

Mark B. Thompson

Medical Society of Delaware, Executive Director

Description: Representatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs of the patient and physician.

Oren Mechanic

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

Description: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.

Importance: This three-part study characterizes the widespread implementation of telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving us insight into the role of telehealth as we enter a stage of “new normal” healthcare delivery in the U.S.

Objective: The COVID-19 Telehealth Impact Study was designed to describe the natural experiment of telehealth adoption during the pandemic. Using a large claims data stream and surveys of providers and patients, we studied telehealth in all 50 states to inform healthcare leaders.

Design, Setting, Participants: In March 2020, the MITRE Corporation and Mayo Clinic founded the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition (C19HCC), to respond to the pandemic. We report trends using a dataset of over 2 billion healthcare claims covering over 50% of private insurance activity in the U.S. (January 2019-December 2020), along with key elements from our provider survey (July-August 2020) and patient survey (November 2020 - February 2021).

Dee Ford

Medical University of South Carolina, Professor of Medicine

Kathryn King Cristaldi

Medical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of Excellence

James McElligott

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Medical Director for Telehealth

Description: In 2017 MUSC was one of two academic health systems recognized by the federal government as a Telehealth Center of Excellence. The Health Resources and Services Administration gave MUSC this designation in recognition of MUSC’s expansive breadth and depth of telehealth services, most of which are in medically underserved areas of South Carolina, a state with a high burden of chronic disease and health disparities. This panel presentation will include three key leaders of MUSC’s telehealth program and focus on practical strategies organizations can deploy to successfully develop and implement telehealth services. The panel will share the structured, guiding framework MUSC applies to telehealth service development which includes strategy, development, implementation, and continuous quality improvement. Additionally, MUSC will share a value proposition framework for telehealth services, recognizing that financial performance is integral to sustaining and scaling telehealth services. Finally, the session will conclude with MUSC’s aspirational vision for the future of digital discovery and telehealth delivery, offering the potential to transform healthcare.

Lori Ruderman

Department of Health and Human Services Director, BuySmarter PMO

Kenneth Thomson

HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Administration, BUYSMARTER Solution Architect at Nationwide IT Services, Inc.

BUYSMARTER is a transformative, data-driven initiative leveraging the collective purchasing power ($24B/year) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to secure lower prices, achieve operational efficiencies, and generate cost savings on goods and services.

BUYSMARTER ‘s proof of concept used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology to analyze departmental requirements based on current HHS-wide spend data. This helps identify opportunities to consolidate contract vehicles across agencies within HHS to leverage overlapping requirements at a significant cost savings for the federal government.

BUYSMARTER is positive initiative that is driving cultural change in support of HHS Reimagine. It is intended to focus on utilization of new and emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence and robotics, to analyze spend across HHS to make better informed decisions about price conscious purchasing in order to achieve:

• Collaborative, collective, and coordinated forecasting across HHS that leverages buying power to generate savings through bulk purchasing and effective spend tracking

• Organizational alignment that eliminates waste and risk through improved transparency and accountability

• An acquisition organizational structure that is cohesive across HHS and operates in an efficient and effective

Bryan Arkwright

Schumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law, Managing Consultant / Professor

James Edwards

Cloudbreak Health, LLC, CEO and Co-Founder

John Mattison

Kaiser Permanente, Asst. Med. Dir. Chief Health Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Faculty, Singularity University

Description: Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients and employees with efficiency in mind. A variety of benefits and motivations for telehealth exist, this session explores the efficiencies realized (financial, clinical, operational, technical). Leading experts and senior leaders from UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, and Cloudbreak Health join this exciting panel to discuss how telehealth has become a strategic asset and made breakthrough efficiency impacts and results in their own and partner/client organizations.

John D. Halamka (Moderator), MD, MS

Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Cees Hesp

PharmAccess, Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations Foundation

Florence D. Hudson

Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation Internet

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Harvard Medical School, Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Description:

RED FLAGS: evaluating a product's potential, when and how to use tokens, is an ICO worth consideration, and what is the business model...really...

Heather Flannery (Moderator)

ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

Avinash Burra

Digital Asset, Product Manager

Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi

Deloitte, Former U.S. Treasury Senior Policy Advisor

Jim Kyung-Soo Liew

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Assistant Professor of Finance

Description: The session will address what and who the stakeholders are in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best public platforms for smart contracts with payments are, and if scalable, technological limitations. In addition, best case implementations ,where smart contracts are deployed , specifically, with healthcare payments and reimbursements.

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Jay Parkinson

Sherpaa, Founder & CEO

Sandeep Pulim

Medici MD, CIO

Description: In a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors will have fewer patients, but spend more time addressing medical concerns and preventing disease among their set of patients.

The session will address how concierge medicine can solve some of the biggest problems around traditional healthcare payment options. Does this model reduce costs in the short- and long-term? What apps are being developed in tandem?

What’s the physician and patient perspective toward concierge medicine?

William Baker

New York University, Director, Global Debate Fund

Brian Behlendorf

Hyperledger, Executive Director

John D. Halamka, MD, MS

Beth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Tim Ken Mackey

UC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public Health

Amanda Stanhaus

University of Michigan, PhD Student

Stan Kachnowski

HIT Lab, Columbia University, Chair, Health Information Policy & Management

Professor Stan Kachnowski, PhD MPA CSEP, an Oxford trained researcher, has taught over 5,000 students from Columbia University, IIT-Delhi, and Quinnipiac College. His teaching and research over the past 25 years includes educating graduate level and executive students on 4 continents and conducting extensive studies on the efficacy and diffusion of digital health, including electronic data capture, ePRO, wearables, and predictive algorithms.

Professor Kachnowski has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and presentations for national and international journals and societies in digital health development, management, and diffusion. He was selected as a Fellow to CHIME in 1998. In 2003 he received a letter of commendation for teaching excellence from the Dean of the School of Public Health at Columbia University. Professor Kachnowski was named a Fellow to England’s Royal Society of Medicine for his research demonstrating the outcomes effectiveness of using the Palm Pilot in managing haemophilia patients in 2005. Professor Kachnowski has received grant funding from a wide ranging groups of sponsors, including over a dozen nations, AARP, WHO, USAID, Gates and Dell Foundations, and most of the top 20 global life science companies. Over the past 25 years he has also served as interim CTO for life science organizations, including Eyetech and Oncology.com. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Oursmedicina, The Hudson Center for Health Equity, and Aptus Health.

Professor Kachnowski holds Bachelors and Master’s Degrees from the University of Vermont, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Presenter | Jim Nasr

CEO, ACOER

Jim Nasr is the CEO of Acoer—at technology firm focused on building usable, open, blockchain-enabled software for healthcare—and the acting CTO at Safe Health Systems, a digital health platform provider. Prior to his current roles, Jim was Chief Software Architect at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—leading the modernization of the agency’s scientific applications, culminating in the development of OpenCDC. Jim has more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry, with over a decade as a founder profitably growing the technology firm Armedia LLC from inception to over 100 employees, and a 5-time Inc. 5000 awardee. Jim has co-authored several technology books, guest lectured for a number of universities, co-developed a semester long course on Token Economics for the University of Georgia, and spoken globally at numerous industry events, including many on modern software development practices and blockchain technologies. Jim is a Workgroup Lead for the IEEE Decentralized Clinical Trials standards body, Architecture Lead for PhUSE Blockchain Working Group, a Technical Fellow at pioneering digital identity organization EP3 Foundation and on advisory for a number of technology startups. He has an MBA from the University of Connecticut, a BS in Computer Science and Statistics from Coventry University and resides in Atlanta, GA.

Cristina Dolan

iXledger Technologies, Co-Founder & COO

Cristina Dolan is Co-Founder and COO of iXledger an alternative marketplace for insurance based on blockchain. As a former executive at a software company that offers award winning global multi-asset institutional trading solutions in the cloud, she is applying her knowledge of traditional marketplaces to the creation of next generation blockchain enabled marketplaces in combination with advanced technologies through digital transformation to create efficiencies and opportunities.

Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest Internet Service Provider. The company was later acquired by Earthlink after a highly successful initial public offering. At Hearst and Disney she headed up technology and built the first consumer internet websites. In addition to executive roles at IBM and Oracle bringing new products to market, Cristina was CEO of venture backed MIT spinoff Wordstream.

As an engineer, computer scientist, futurist and solutionist, Cristina appreciates the value of applying engineering skills to problem solving, which was the topic of her TEDx talk “Just Solve It”. In 2013 she launched the global student competition “Dream it. Code it. Win it.” which has been honored with; a Trader Magazine Charitable Contribution Award, a MIT Harold E. Lobdell Distinguished Service Award and four Stevie Awards for Best Organization, Best Female Innovator and Best Executive of the Year. Currently, Cristina serves as the MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Vice Chair.

Cristina earned a Master’s Degree from the MIT Media Lab and holds a Master of Computer Science and Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with concentrations in Computer Science, Data Communications and Business. She was a member of the US Bobsled and Skeleton team, earned first place in US Nationals and Empire State Games. She placed second for women at the Skeleton World Cup Championship.

Jon Savage DO, FAAEM | Care on Location

Gerard Frunzi MBA | Children's Hospital, Colorado

Terri Casterton MBA | MSSCL

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Michael Adcock

UMMC Center for Telehealth, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Executive Director, Center for Telehealth

Abstract

Session Description: Mississippi understands the challenges and costs of a patient population with chronic diseases. The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) Center for Telehealth has a mission to bridge the gaps in the healthcare delivery system in order to improve the health of all Mississippians. Telehealth is able to connect rural residents to the specialists at the larger tertiary centers in the state, thus increasing access. In August 2014, the UMMC Center for Telehealth launched The Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network to pilot an advanced healthcare model on patients with uncontrolled diabetes living in the Mississippi Delta. The model employs evidenced based practice, multidisciplinary teams, and individualized nursing interaction in an effort to empower patients to better manage their diabetes. Our program focuses on decreasing health disparities; managing chronic diseases; reducing emergency room visits, hospital admissions and readmissions; and improving health quality while reducing the overall cost of care.

Vince Albanese

Haven Health Solutions, CEO

Mark Jacobs

Delaware Health Information Network, Chief Information Officer

Mark B. Thompson

Medical Society of Delaware, Executive Director

Description: Representatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs of the patient and physician.

Speakers

Mr. Bruce Brandes: Senior Vice President of Consumer Centered Virtual Care, Teladoc Health

Dr. Lyle Berkowitz: CEO of Back Nine Healthcare Consulting and Editor-in-chief of Telehealth and Medicine Today.

Description

The COVID-19 pandemic exponentially accelerated adoption of virtual care and heightened consumer expectations, which caused health systems to reimagine their role in virtual care. As a result, adoption of virtual care has empowered health systems to move beyond siloed applications to a comprehensive, whole-person approach that consumers will need across their healthcare journey.

Oren Mechanic

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

Description: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.

John D. Halamka, MD, MS | Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Robert Chu | Embleema, CEO and CTO

Keith Hanna | IPRD Solutions, Chief Executive Officer

Katherine Kuzmeskas | SimplyVital Health, Co-Founder

Description: Usability, product value, role of cryptocurrency, standards, and EHR integration plus lessons learned from Embleema Health Blockchain public launch use case to include patient usability, EMR format compliance, cysticfibrosis.com patient community feedback, and pharma feedback.

David Gruber (Moderator)

Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of Research

Iris Berman

Northwell Health, VP and AVP, Telehealth Services and Member, NYS Regulatory Modernizatioin Workgroup for Telehealth

Andrew B. Wilson

Morris James LLP, Attorney and Legislative Specialist

Description: Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients and employees with efficiency in mind. A variety of benefits and motivations for telehealth exist, this session explores the efficiencies realized (financial, clinical, operational, technical). Leading experts and senior leaders from UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, and Cloudbreak Health join this exciting panel to discuss how telehealth has become a strategic asset and made breakthrough efficiency impacts and results in their own and partner/client organizations.

Ted Tanner (Moderator)

PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTO

Matt Cunningham

SVP, Business Development, Evicore

Erik Pupo

Chief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Cente

Jay Sales

Co-Director, VSP Global

Description: Over the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction will also reduce costs and bring true transparency to all transactions in healthcare. Many believe that the Health IT industry is completely homeostatic for any type of true disruption. Why does the industry trumpet disruption when their actions speak louder than words? We address these concerns with leaders on the cutting edge of technology.

Shawnna Hoffman IBM, Global Cognitive Legal Co-Leader, Watson AI & Quantum Computing, Global CoC

Florence D. Hudson (Moderator) Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation Internet

Carlo Piraino International Healthcare Consultant

Session Description: Addresses the challenges and opportunities in improving healthcare outcomes with advanced technologies and Telehealth. From blockchain, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, and the next generation internet, we will discuss how advanced technologies can address the needs for personalized medicine, patient-centric healthcare, and leveraging the vast amount of data being captured today and in the future. Many data elements from petabytes of genomics data, to RWE (Real World Evidence), to implanted chips in patients, to WAMIII - Wearables and Medical Internet of Things Interoperability and Intelligence - are part of the evolving health IT landscape. With all this data, the TIPPSS elements are increasingly important - the Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security - of devices, data and patients. Join us for an informative and thought provoking session on the promise and perils of this highly connected world, and how the Next Generation Internet can be part of the solution.

Tom Savel (Moderator)

CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation Unit

Katherine Kuzmeskas

SimplyVital Health, Co-Founder

Chrissa McFarlane

Patientory, Founder/CEO

Mihaela Ulieru

Endor.coin, Chief Alchemist

Session Description: Tokenization is a fundamental and transformation feature enabled via a blockchain. Tokenization is the digital representation of a real-world or digital asset of value (e.g., health data, real estate, music, insurance, advertising, art). Once tokenized, assets can be easily and securely exchanged. Within the healthcare ecosystem, these digital assets can be used for many different purposes (incentivizing positive health behaviors, reward data sharing, facilitate communication, assuring data quality, etc.). This session will discuss the transformational impact tokenization can have within the healthcare ecosystem. Topics will also include the use of next generation, non-fungible tokens (e.g., ERC-721, “CryptoKitties”). As every technology has its challenges, concerns and pitfalls around tokenization and the internet of value will be discussed.

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Erik Viirre

UC San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego and Former Medical Director, Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize and Nokia Samsung XCHALLENGE

Joseph (Joe) Smith

Reflexion Health, a Digital Health Corp Company, CEO

The session covered how research and outcomes are linked to innovation presenting recent outcomes from a case use. Points of view from providers and innovators on patient care, science, and technology will be discussed. The ideation behind the XPRIZE and how the most successful solutions are created not from ingenuity, but from identifying legitimate market gaps are discussed.

Rhonda Johnston, Ph.D., BC-FNP, BC-ANP, Director, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Rita F. Kobb, MSN, APRN-BC, Telehealth Training Team Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Claire Marty, MN, RN, National Quality Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

Padraic McVeigh, RN, MSN, Quality Manager, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training Division

In fiscal 2019, over 909,000 VA patients received a portion of their VA care through telehealth, and over 60% of VA’s primary and mental health care providers participated in one or more Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) appointments to a patient’s home.

The VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training (QT) Division’s pandemic 2020 response resulted in over 80,000 new course completions in the first month and over 20% more primary care and mental health providers conducting CVT visits in the first five months. During this period, the number of CVT appointments increased by over 1,000%.

Learn how the VA’s telehealth training infrastructure enabled the VA to enter the COVID-19 public health emergency fully prepared for the rapid growth in telehealth care. As CVT became increasingly important during the COVID-19 response, the QT Division made necessary curriculum adjustments, meeting provider and patient needs.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.241

Managing Medical Records in Difficult Environments w/ Blockchain

Paul Snow, Factom, CEO

https://factom.com/

Paul Snow is the founder and CEO at Factom, the creator of the first blockchain technology built from the ground up, to solve real-world business problems. Paul’s innovative approach to software and application engineering has spawned a litany of inventive open-source companies and solutions that have paved the way for Factom. A true open-source evangelist, Paul also acts as Founder and Chief Architect for DTRules, a open source project he founded in 2004 to make Decision Table based Rules Engines available to all sorts of projects. DTRules, as open source has allowed this general purpose decision-making protocol to be used in many states for health and human services projects, commercial websites, university projects, and many other applications. He also went on to build another for the state of Ohio to support onsite corporate audits.

An active proponent and developer of blockchain based technologies, Paul is a founder of the the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and currently serves as president and chair. He holds three patents for graphics hardware and system configuration technologies. He is a supporter of and contributor to the Colored Coins and Ethereum projects, in addition to driving the development of the Factom Network.

Heather Flannery, ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

https://consensys.net/

Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in Q4 2018. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (blockchain in healthcare and life sciences) and serves as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force. Ms. Flannery is also an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, has served as Industry Faculty for the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (US HHS ONC) and is an active consultant, advisor, and keynote speaker.

Prior to ConsenSys and BiHG, she founded and led Obesity Prevention, Policy, and Management, Inc. ("Obesity PPM"), an innovative provider of disease management, population health, research administration, and information technology managed services for health systems in the Americas, and an early adopter of distributed ledger technology.

Ms. Flannery has driven continuous business model innovation via technology early adoption throughout her 25-year career as an entrepreneur, technologist, and strategist. She has consulted in the public sector in context of international development, and brings a global health perspective to her initiatives. Ms. Flannery is a broad, lateral thinker who applies complex adaptive systems theory to identify, advance, and course-correct critical path to progress against large-scale macroscopic challenges, focusing in the health sector since 2006.

Due to her personal life experience, Ms. Flannery is intrinsically motivated to impact population health and economic prosperity through non-communicable disease prevention and treatment. She builds mission-driven organizations aligned by shared values: making measurable societal contributions, creating economically sustainable interventions, and prioritizing diversity and inclusion.

John D. Halamka, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Information Officer; Beth Israel Deaconess Med; Editor-in-Chief, BHTY

geekdoctor.blogspot.com/

Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where he received a degree in medical microbiology and a degree in public policy with a focus on technology issues. He entered medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and simultaneously pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on technology issues in medicine. He completed his residency at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

In his role at BIDMC, Dr. Halamka is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic information technology, serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 employees, and 1,000,000 patients. As chairman of NEHEN, Dr. Halamka oversees clinical and administrative data exchange among the payers, providers, and patients in Massachusetts. As a Harvard professor, he has served the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration, and national governments throughout the world planning their healthcare IT strategy.

Dr. Halamka has authored five books on technology-related issues, hundreds of articles and thousands of posts on the popular Geekdoctor blog. He runs Unity Farm in Sherborn, MA and serves as caretaker for 150 animals, 30 acres of agricultural production and a cidery/winery.

William Baker

New York University, Director, Global Debate Fund

Brian Behlendorf

Hyperledger, Executive Director

John D. Halamka, MD, MS

Beth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Tim Ken Mackey

UC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public Health

Amanda Stanhaus

University of Michigan, PhD Student

Care on Location | Jon Savage DO, FAAEM

Children's Hosp Colorado | Gerard Frunzi MBA

SCL | Terri Casterton MBA, MS

BHTY-DMV Chapter Blockathon Pitch Competition: Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes MD MBA, FACHE, MDMBA, Chief Quality & Innovation Officer, MEDNAX

The BHTY-DMV BLOCKATHON pitch competition invited evidence-based submissions of original research focused on distributed ledger technologies that transform and disrupt ecosystem inefficiency to tackle societal issues impacting health consumers worldwide.

The BHTY-DMV BLOCKATHON provided participants unique opportunities for visibility, collaboration and advisory with subject matter experts and community other participants from academia, government and industry. Requests for participation were pre-vetted by a selection panel.

Keynote Remarks from ConV2X 2020 | John Halamka, MD, President, Mayo Clinic Platform

The competition invited entries focusing on the following areas:

Reducing health systems and patient out-of-pocket costs
Designing for the level of a patient’s mobility
Educating patients on new technology, use, application, and outcomes
Enhanced standard of care for care-giving, remote care, elderly care, and urban care

Applicants were asked to demonstrate how products and services directly impact the telehealth and blockchain health technology sectors. Products/services had to be GDPR and/or HIPAA compliant. Contestants submitted detailed applications from which judges selected eight (8) finalists for a 5 minute lightning round pitch conducted at ConV2X.

The Finalists, in alpha order, by company are:

1. AmericanTelephysicians (ATP)
1. BitMED_io
1. Cohealth
1. Debut mHealth's Debut Protocol
1. Digipharm's Reimburse
1. Happify
1. Health Innovation's WillChain
1. Knowmadics

We congratulate the 2nd Annual Innovation Ignition Competition Winners:

1st Place: Happify Health
2nd Place: BitMEd
Honorable Mention: WillChain

Judges used six criterion to select winners: (1) identification of medical problem, (2) technical solution, (3) relevance to healthcare sector and technology, (4) ability to monetize, (5) caliber and expertise of team, and (6) overall impression.

Judges:

Bryan Arkwright Managing Consultant / Professor, Schumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law

Fennie Wang COO and Chief of Regulatory, OpenWater Capital

Anton Decker President, Health Innovation, Bon Secours Mercy Health

Gary German Founder, and CEO, Nonnatech

Gil Alterovitz, PhD Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Medical School

John D. Halamka, MD, MS John D. Halamka, MD, MS, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess System

Karim Babay CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Intrinsic Value Investment Partners

Oki Mek

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Chief Product Officer

Aleksandar Zelenovic

Sapient Consulting, Strategy and Consulting Practice Lead

ACCELERATE is a transformative program in support of HHS ReImagine Acquisition. It is designed to empower the workforce in a decentralized manner and create a flexible capability for HHS to change and implement policy. Accelerate addresses the acquisition workforce process challenges, and improve the value derived from HHS expenditure on acquisition support systems. It is architected to combine the power of four proven emerging technologies to address these fundamental challenges, and to provide a transformational enhancement to HHS Acquisition capabilities. This program also helps align HHS with the President’s Management Agenda, the Modernizing Government Technology Act and the DATA Act.

The core of this solution is a blockchain based data layer. This data layer utilizes data from all core HHS acquisition systems, and other external sources of acquisition data (e.g., SAM). Machine Learning is used to cleanse this data for use by artificial intelligence based algorithms. These algorithms are used to extract insight from the large volumes of data. Robotic process automation is then used to power dramatic improvement in acquisition workflow and processes by eliminating repetitive tasks currently performed by the acquisition workforce. The approach to this program minimizes business and technology risk: an agile framework is utilized to ensure flexibility; human centered design techniques provide full alignment with the OpDivs; microservices are the basis of capability delivery; existing acquisitions systems remain operational while new capability is rolled out.

Lori Ruderman

Department of Health and Human Services Director, BuySmarter PMO

Kenneth Thomson

HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Administration, BUYSMARTER Solution Architect at Nationwide IT Services, Inc.

BUYSMARTER is a transformative, data-driven initiative leveraging the collective purchasing power ($24B/year) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to secure lower prices, achieve operational efficiencies, and generate cost savings on goods and services.

BUYSMARTER ‘s proof of concept used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology to analyze departmental requirements based on current HHS-wide spend data. This helps identify opportunities to consolidate contract vehicles across agencies within HHS to leverage overlapping requirements at a significant cost savings for the federal government.

BUYSMARTER is positive initiative that is driving cultural change in support of HHS Reimagine. It is intended to focus on utilization of new and emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence and robotics, to analyze spend across HHS to make better informed decisions about price conscious purchasing in order to achieve:

• Collaborative, collective, and coordinated forecasting across HHS that leverages buying power to generate savings through bulk purchasing and effective spend tracking

• Organizational alignment that eliminates waste and risk through improved transparency and accountability

• An acquisition organizational structure that is cohesive across HHS and operates in an efficient and effective

Kenneth Colon

Izzy Care, Co-Founder and CEO, Wyoming, USA

Over the past decade, there have been many innovations in new payment and care delivery models and technology – from telemedicine to AI to blockchain. These innovations, however, need to be used in tandem to drive real change. We will review each of these innovations and propose a model for how they can be brought together to be greater than the sum of their parts. In doing so, we can create a global, decentralized health system that truly puts patient care at the center, while supporting and further enabling the clinicians that make this care possible, to deliver higher quality care at a fraction of the cost.

Cees Hesp

PharmAccess Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations Foundation

An introduction for the novice on what blockchain technology is, where it fits in the healthcare arena, use cases, and current trends and potential barriers to market.

Ron Ribitzky

R&D Ribitzky, Founder & CEO

Uli Broedl

Boehringer Ingelheim, Canada, Medical Director and Vice President of Medical and Regulatory Affairs

Chrissa McFarlane

Patientory, Founder/CEO

Kevin A. Clauson

Lipscomb University, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

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Sean Manion

Science Distributed, Chief Executive

Significant portions of usable, and funded research never make it through the data funnel, getting lost as "dark knowledge." Blockchain technology offers new ways to bring this dark knowledge to light. The panel will discuss how blockchain technology impacts research and scholarly outputs including attribution, reproducibility, immutibility and peer review. Discussions will include how the technology can promote more knowledge, abbreviating time to market. Emerging use cases will be highlighted to demonstrate how the technology has dislodged traditional academic publishing practices including the ability to mine dark knowledge for potential scientific break throughs.

Priya Ramaswamy

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Resident

Introduction and top line review of hash functions, encryption in health care, and creating a ledger. This is a great session for those that DON'T have a tech background, if you are new to blockchain ,or those who want a refresher/review. Learn how to setup your own blockchain project with code from Github with a simple walk through approach to the information you need to use.

Ahmed Abdulla

Digipharm, Founder/CEO , Digipharm, and UN/CEFACT, UN Economic Commission for Europe | https://digipharm.ch

Ahmed Abdulla is the Founder and CEO of Digipharm. Digipharm has developed the world's first blockchain-based smart contract platform for innovative pricing & value based reimbursement and the worlds first 'live' RWE repository that rewards patients for their contribution. He has also worked at the United Nations Economic Commission for blockchain healthcare related projects for Europe.

Jose Arrieta

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Todd Eury (Moderator)

Pharmacy Podcast Network, Founder

Walter De Brouwer

doc.ai, CEO and Founder

Basker Gummadi

Bayer, Digital Innovation

John D. Halamka

Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Amar Das

IBM Research, Director, Learning Health Systems

Digitalization of Clinical Trials from End-to-End – The Right Time is Now to Jump in - there are many hype words thrown around in the healthcare sector in an effort to place the impetus on the need for change. – “disruptive,” “innovation,” “breakthrough” and more- Put aside the hype – the lukewarm approach to embracing digital technologies for clinical trials is over.

The fever pitch of emerging technology applications impacting clinical trials are providing solutions for trial sponsors to combat the mounting challenges of cost and delays in bringing medicine to the market. The time is right to jump in to digitalizing the process if you want to get ahead of the curve in efficiency and efficacy to enhance patient safety and accelerate drug development.

The reality is simple - cutting-edge technologies can revolutionize the clinical trials model not only by optimizing the processes but delivering more value for patients and all the critical stakeholders. This session will feature an interactive panel discussion addressing the following key points:

What is the roadmap for an end-to-end digitalized clinical trial? What are the limitations? What are the opportunities?
Debunking the myth that digitization is digitalization of clinical trials
Identifying all potential areas where technologies like Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence can digitize Clinical Trials
Can digitalization meet all the expectations of all stakeholders – regulatory, patients, pharma and others?
The combination of AI and Machine learning for “data-driven” decision models -what are we looking to solve, what will it change?

Dominique Hurley

HealthVerity, Vice President Innovation & Strategy

Privacy laws like GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have created a much more regulated environment in which enterprises need to operate in regards to consumer data permissions. Built on hyperledger fabric, HealthVerity Consent is an enterprise-level platform that allows organizations to aggregate and manage all existing touchpoints across the organization in one central location to comply with evolving privacy requirements.

In this session we'll review what it took to deliver an enterprise blockchain installation where we drove business process change across departments and companies to better manage rights to data access and use. We’ll cover:

5 key lessons learned you can apply to future blockchain implementations
How to integrate into a non-blockchain ecosystem
What challenges were faced in order to drive business process change with blockchain
How to manage existing barriers when migrating from legacy systems and business process to distributed ledger technology

Ellen McCarthy

Cadent Medical Communications, Managing Director

Julia Saiz Shimosato

Syneos Health, SVP

Today’s healthcare industry is unapologetically data-driven. From virtual biotech start-ups to big pharma and independent research agencies, making data available to the public, whether positive or negative, is an integral component of any research and development effort. Among all the means available for scientific communications, peer-reviewed publications remain the gold standard platform for the public release and vetting of biomedical data, from preclinical to advanced-stage clinical studies. And behind most effective peer-review communication strategies and efforts, there is craft, knowledge and a mix of experience, intuition and resourcefulness.

Our session will focus on the rules and norms shaping the peer-review publication ecosystem, discussing best practices and industry guidance, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of the approach, the standards, the development, and ultimately the publication, of biomedical manuscripts. Topics to be covered include: conceptualization: how different types of studies make it into manuscripts; steps to publication; industry guidance and authorship criteria: GPP3 and ICMJE; defining manuscripts: whitepaper vs peer-review publication vs editorial; journal selection; and management of the peer-review process.

As publications professionals in the pharmaceutical industry, we have provided strategic and executional support to clients around the world. Our goal is always the same: to excel as publication partners, from concept to print. We look forward to seeing you on October 24, 2018, for an informative and insightful session on best practices in peer-review publications.

Oren Mechanic

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

Session Description: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.

John D. Halamka (Moderator), MD, MS

Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Cees Hesp

PharmAccess, Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations Foundation

Florence D. Hudson

Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation Internet

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Harvard Medical School, Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Session Description: RED FLAGS: evaluating a product's potential, when and how to use tokens, is an ICO worth consideration, and what is the business model.

Stan Kachnowski, HIT Lab, Columbia University, Chair, Health Information Policy & Management

Professor Stan Kachnowski, PhD MPA CSEP, an Oxford trained researcher, has taught over 5,000 students from Columbia University, IIT-Delhi, and Quinnipiac College. His teaching and research over the past 25 years includes educating graduate level and executive students on 4 continents and conducting extensive studies on the efficacy and diffusion of digital health, including electronic data capture, ePRO, wearables, and predictive algorithms.

Professor Kachnowski has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and presentations for national and international journals and societies in digital health development, management, and diffusion. He was selected as a Fellow to CHIME in 1998. In 2003 he received a letter of commendation for teaching excellence from the Dean of the School of Public Health at Columbia University. Professor Kachnowski was named a Fellow to England’s Royal Society of Medicine for his research demonstrating the outcomes effectiveness of using the Palm Pilot in managing haemophilia patients in 2005. Professor Kachnowski has received grant funding from a wide ranging groups of sponsors, including over a dozen nations, AARP, WHO, USAID, Gates and Dell Foundations, and most of the top 20 global life science companies. Over the past 25 years he has also served as interim CTO for life science organizations, including Eyetech and Oncology.com. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Oursmedicina, The Hudson Center for Health Equity, and Aptus Health.

Professor Kachnowski holds Bachelors and Master’s Degrees from the University of Vermont, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Tom Savel (Moderator)

CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation Unit

Katherine Kuzmeskas

SimplyVital Health, Co-Founder

Chrissa McFarlane

Patientory, Founder/CEO

Mihaela Ulieru

Endor.coin, Chief Alchemist

Tokenization is a fundamental and transformation feature enabled via a blockchain. Tokenization is the digital representation of a real-world or digital asset of value (e.g., health data, real estate, music, insurance, advertising, art). Once tokenized, assets can be easily and securely exchanged. Within the healthcare ecosystem, these digital assets can be used for many different purposes (incentivizing positive health behaviors, reward data sharing, facilitate communication, assuring data quality, etc.). This session will discuss the transformational impact tokenization can have within the healthcare ecosystem. Topics will also include the use of next generation, non-fungible tokens (e.g., ERC-721, “CryptoKitties”). As every technology has its challenges, concerns and pitfalls around tokenization and the internet of value will be discussed.

Dee Ford

Medical University of South Carolina, Professor of Medicine

Kathryn King Cristaldi

Medical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of Excellence

James McElligott

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Medical Director for Telehealth

In 2017 MUSC was one of two academic health systems recognized by the federal government as a Telehealth Center of Excellence. The Health Resources and Services Administration gave MUSC this designation in recognition of MUSC’s expansive breadth and depth of telehealth services, most of which are in medically underserved areas of South Carolina, a state with a high burden of chronic disease and health disparities. This panel presentation will include three key leaders of MUSC’s telehealth program and focus on practical strategies organizations can deploy to successfully develop and implement telehealth services. The panel will share the structured, guiding framework MUSC applies to telehealth service development which includes strategy, development, implementation, and continuous quality improvement. Additionally, MUSC will share a value proposition framework for telehealth services, recognizing that financial performance is integral to sustaining and scaling telehealth services. Finally, the session will conclude with MUSC’s aspirational vision for the future of digital discovery and telehealth delivery, offering the potential to transform healthcare.

Ted Tanner (Moderator)

PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTO

Matt Cunningham

SVP, Business Development, Evicore

Erik Pupo

Chief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Cente

Jay Sales

Co-Director, VSP Global

Over the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction will also reduce costs and bring true transparency to all transactions in healthcare. Many believe that the Health IT industry is completely homeostatic for any type of true disruption. Why does the industry trumpet disruption when their actions speak louder than words? We address these concerns with leaders on the cutting edge of technology.

Bryan Arkwright

Schumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law, Managing Consultant / Professor

James Edwards

Cloudbreak Health, LLC, CEO and Co-Founder

John Mattison

Kaiser Permanente, Asst. Med. Dir. Chief Health Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Faculty, Singularity University

Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients and employees with efficiency in mind. A variety of benefits and motivations for telehealth exist, this session explores the efficiencies realized (financial, clinical, operational, technical). Leading experts and senior leaders from UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, and Cloudbreak Health join this exciting panel to discuss how telehealth has become a strategic asset and made breakthrough efficiency impacts and results in their own and partner/client organizations.

Vince Albanese

Haven Health Solutions, CEO

Mark Jacobs

Delaware Health Information Network, Chief Information Officer

Mark B. Thompson

Medical Society of Delaware, Executive Director

Representatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs of the patient and physician.

Shawnna Hoffman

IBM, Global Cognitive Legal Co-Leader, Watson AI & Quantum Computing, Global CoC

Florence D. Hudson (Moderator)

Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation Internet

Carlo Piraino

International Healthcare Consultant

Addresses the challenges and opportunities in improving healthcare outcomes with advanced technologies and Telehealth. From blockchain, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, and the next generation internet, we will discuss how advanced technologies can address the needs for personalized medicine, patient-centric healthcare, and leveraging the vast amount of data being captured today and in the future. Many data elements from petabytes of genomics data, to RWE (Real World Evidence), to implanted chips in patients, to WAMIII - Wearables and Medical Internet of Things Interoperability and Intelligence - are part of the evolving health IT landscape. With all this data, the TIPPSS elements are increasingly important - the Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security - of devices, data and patients. Join us for an informative and thought provoking session on the promise and perils of this highly connected world, and how the Next Generation Internet can be part of the solution.

Keynote Address: Operationalizing Intuition and Genius

Jose Arrieta, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary

https://hhs.gov/

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Jay Parkinson

Sherpaa, Founder & CEO

Sandeep Pulim

Medici MD, CIO

In a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors will have fewer patients, but spend more time addressing medical concerns and preventing disease among their set of patients.

The session will address how concierge medicine can solve some of the biggest problems around traditional healthcare payment options. Does this model reduce costs in the short- and long-term? What apps are being developed in tandem?

What’s the physician and patient perspective toward concierge medicine?

John D. Halamka

Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Robert Chu

Embleema, CEO and CTO

Keith Hanna

IPRD Solutions, Chief Executive Officer

Katherine Kuzmeskas

SimplyVital Health, Co-Founder

Description: Usability, product value, role of cryptocurrency, standards, and EHR integration plus lessons learned from Embleema Health Blockchain public launch use case to include patient usability, EMR format compliance, cysticfibrosis.com patient community feedback, and pharma feedback.

Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)

Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Michael Adcock

UMMC Center for Telehealth, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Executive Director, Center for Telehealth

Abstract

Session Description: Mississippi understands the challenges and costs of a patient population with chronic diseases. The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) Center for Telehealth has a mission to bridge the gaps in the healthcare delivery system in order to improve the health of all Mississippians. Telehealth is able to connect rural residents to the specialists at the larger tertiary centers in the state, thus increasing access. In August 2014, the UMMC Center for Telehealth launched The Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network to pilot an advanced healthcare model on patients with uncontrolled diabetes living in the Mississippi Delta. The model employs evidenced based practice, multidisciplinary teams, and individualized nursing interaction in an effort to empower patients to better manage their diabetes. Our program focuses on decreasing health disparities; managing chronic diseases; reducing emergency room visits, hospital admissions and readmissions; and improving health quality while reducing the overall cost of care.

The session will address what and who the stakeholders are in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best public platforms for smart contracts with payments are, and if scalable, technological limitations. In addition, best case implementations ,where smart contracts are deployed , specifically, with healthcare payments and reimbursements.

Heather Flannery (Moderator), ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

https://consensys.net/

Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in Q4 2018. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (blockchain in healthcare and life sciences) and serves as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force. Ms. Flannery is also an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, has served as Industry Faculty for the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (US HHS ONC) and is an active consultant, advisor, and keynote speaker.

Avinash Burra, Digital Asset, Product Manager

https://digitalasset.com/

Avinash Burra is the Healthcare Product Lead at Digital Asset, the leading provider of distributed ledger solutions to financial services and other highly regulated markets. Based in New York, Avinash works with large healthcare providers, payers, and clearinghouses to redesign common business processes that can benefit from using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to streamline multi-party workflows. He brings a wealth of experience working in healthcare and financial services and expertise in advanced distributed ledger solutions, such as the Digital Asset distributed ledger platform and smart contract modeling language, DAML.

Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi, Deloitte, Former U.S. Treasury Senior Policy Advisor

https://linkedin.com/in/abdolrahimi/

Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi is a national security lawyer, banking and financial services, public policy and strategic regulatory expert, and until recently, he served as Senior Policy Advisor and Project Manager at the United States Department of the Treasury. In this role, he developed and coordinated financial regulatory reform and policy development and analysis in several areas including new and emerging technologies (FinTech), identity, innovation, financial inclusion, de-risking, risk management, big data, privacy, and payments. Combiz is a recognized authority in the policies, laws, and regulations of FinTech, RegTech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Jim Kyung-Soo Liew, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Assistant Professor of Finance

https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/jim-kyung-soo-liew-phd

Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and revels in pushing the boundaries of financial knowledge and product development both as an academic and FinTech Data Scientist. He has published pioneering research in the intersection of social media big data and financial markets.

Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients and employees with efficiency in mind. A variety of benefits and motivations for telehealth exist, this session explores the efficiencies realized (financial, clinical, operational, technical). Leading experts and senior leaders from UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, and Cloudbreak Health join this exciting panel to discuss how telehealth has become a strategic asset and made breakthrough efficiency impacts and results in their own and partner/client organizations.

David Gruber (Moderator), Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of Research

David Gruber, MBA is a Managing Director and Director of Research with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG) in New York, specializing in strategy, business development, consumer engagement, innovation, new ventures, technology, analytics and health benefits.

He is currently responsible for thought leadership and model development within HIG, co-leads A&M health benefit activities and is involved in a wide range of consulting projects.

Dr. Gruber brings 30 years of diversified healthcare experience as a consultant, corporate executive, Wall Street analyst and physician.

Before A&M, he spent three years as the Founder of Healthcare Convergence Associates, a consulting firm focused on the convergence of healthcare, technology and the consumer. Assignments included working with a multinational to explore tele-health opportunities; a medical device maker to assess the feasibility of a proposed asthma and COPD technology; a pharmacy benefit manager to define innovative approaches to medication adherence in diabetes; a national retailer exploring health and wellness; a Canadian company interested in preventing nosocomial infections; and a major Wireless Health Institute to develop its strategic plan. He was also involved in three healthcare-related IT start-ups.

Iris Berman, Northwell Health, VP and AVP, Telehealth Services and Member, NYS Regulatory Modernizatioin Workgroup for Telehealth

Iris Berman, RN, MSN, CCRN-K, is the VP of telehealth services at Northwell Health. Having been a nurse for more than 30 years, she has experience in a variety of care settings that has given her a unique understanding of the needs of at-risk patient populations and the critical nature of patient access. She started her career as a per diem nurse, which gave her the opportunity to work in a variety of environments, but it was Critical Care that called to her. After moving into a position in critical care, she became interested in at risk populations and volunteered to work on joint programs with her hospital and the American Heart Association. The health system supported her interest and the program continued to grow. She and her team developed a support program for patients with a variety of cardiac diseases. While attending school for her MSN in nursing administration, she became the critical care educator for Glen Cove hospital, now a part of Northwell Health.

Andrew B. Wilson, Morris James LLP, Attorney and Legislative Specialist

Drew Wilson is an attorney at Morris James LLP, a full service law firm offering everything from estate planning to personal injury with offices around the state. He specializes in healthcare law and policy, working with practitioners and the changing landscape they face in the modern era of care delivery. He sits on Delaware's Telehealth Coalition Steering Committee and was instrumental in the drafting and passing of Delaware's telemedicine statute.

Heather Flannery (Moderator), ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Lead

https://consensys.net/

Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in Q4 2018. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (blockchain in healthcare and life sciences) and serves as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force. Ms. Flannery is also an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, has served as Industry Faculty for the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (US HHS ONC) and is an active consultant, advisor, and keynote speaker.

Prior to ConsenSys and BiHG, she founded and led Obesity Prevention, Policy, and Management, Inc. ("Obesity PPM"), an innovative provider of disease management, population health, research administration, and information technology managed services for health systems in the Americas, and an early adopter of distributed ledger technology.

Ms. Flannery has driven continuous business model innovation via technology early adoption throughout her 25-year career as an entrepreneur, technologist, and strategist. She has consulted in the public sector in context of international development, and brings a global health perspective to her initiatives. Ms. Flannery is a broad, lateral thinker who applies complex adaptive systems theory to identify, advance, and course-correct critical path to progress against large-scale macroscopic challenges, focusing in the health sector since 2006.

Due to her personal life experience, Ms. Flannery is intrinsically motivated to impact population health and economic prosperity through non-communicable disease prevention and treatment. She builds mission-driven organizations aligned by shared values: making measurable societal contributions, creating economically sustainable interventions, and prioritizing diversity and inclusion.

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Jose Arrieta, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary

https://hhs.gov/

Debbie Bucci, Government Office, IT Architect

https://linkedin.com/in/debbie-bucci-19425614/

Debbie Bucci, lead IT Architect for US Government. Ms. Bucci's primary focus is on the privacy and security aspects of Health Information Exchange.

Previously, Ms. Bucci served as the principal program manager for both the NIH Federated Identity Service and the enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) efforts. In 2008, along with her colleagues, she received the 2008 NIH Director's Award in recognition of her work with NIH Federated Authentication, 2008 InformationWeek 500 top 20 Innovators awards, and the 2011 Kantara IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award for NIH Trust.

Tom Savel, CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation Unit

https://cdc.gov/

Dr. Savel collaborates with CDC staff and the broader public health community to develop, test, and evaluate innovative tools and technologies with the potential to improve public health practice.

Dr. Savel received his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and his undergraduate degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

How research and outcomes are linked to innovation presenting recent outcomes from a case use. Points of view from providers and innovators on patient care, science, and technology will be discussed. The ideation behind the XPRIZE and how the most successful solutions are created not from ingenuity, but from identifying legitimate market gaps are discussed.

Rajiv Leventhal, (Moderator) - Healthcare Informatics, Managing Editor

Rajiv Leventhal is Managing Editor of Healthcare Informatics, covering healthcare IT leadership and strategy for the renowned, award-winning publication. Since 2012, he has been covering the daily impact of regulatory measures on Healthcare Informatics’ CIO and CMIO-based audience, and has taken keen interest in areas such as patient engagement, health information exchange, mobile health, healthcare data security, and telemedicine.

Erik Viirre, UC San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego and Former Medical Director, Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize and Nokia Samsung XCHALLENGE

Dr. Erik Viirre is Adjunct Professor in the UCSD Departments of Neurosciences, Surgery and Cognitive Science. His clinical specialties are vertigo, balance problems and tinnitus. He treats people with disorders such as Migraine, Menieres Disease, Labyrinthitis and Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV). His interests include vision, hearing and the vestibular system and higher cognitive function. Dr. Viirre has done research for the National Institutes of Health, the United States Navy’s Office of Naval Research, DARPA and NASA. He is a consultant for groups such as the National Academy of Science and a variety of Virtual Reality technology companies. He has participated in a variety of start-up companies, including Zero G Corporation, and Otosound LLC, which is bringing to market technology for treatment of tinnitus that he developed and patented at UCSD. Dr. Viirre received his Ph.D. in Neurophysiology in 1987 at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and his M.D. in 1988. He completed a Rotating Internship at St. Josephs's Medical Center in London, Canada in 1989. After his internship in London, he was a fellow at the Robarts Research Institute in functional imaging and had an eye care practice. In 1994, Dr. Viirre was a Visiting Professor in Neurology and Ophthalmology at UCLA where he did a fellowship in Medical Neurotology, the management of inner ear disorders. In 1995-99 he was a Scientist at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington. He was a Senior Scientist in the Human Performance Department of the US Navy’s Naval Health Research Center from 2001 to 2012 and is a member of the Clinical Investigation Department at Naval Medical Center San Diego as of 2012.

Joseph (Joe) Smith, Reflexion Health, a Digital Health Corp Company, CEO

Digital Health Corp is a diversified healthcare company that harnesses the power of the latest technology and thinking to accelerate and improve patient recovery at home. The company is comprised of businesses across a range of healthcare and wellness therapies with an initial focus on virtual physical therapy offered by Reflexion Health, Inc. and The Learning Corp, a developer of mobile solutions that treat patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke, aphasia, and learning disorders. Reflexion Health is a digital medicine / telemedicine company working to transform healthcare delivery, initially focusing on rehabilitation medicine.

Cristina Dolan

iXledger Technologies, Co-Founder & COO

https://ixledger.com/

Cristina Dolan is Co-Founder and COO of iXledger an alternative marketplace for insurance based on blockchain. As a former executive at a software company that offers award winning global multi-asset institutional trading solutions in the cloud, she is applying her knowledge of traditional marketplaces to the creation of next generation blockchain enabled marketplaces in combination with advanced technologies through digital transformation to create efficiencies and opportunities.

Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest Internet Service Provider. The company was later acquired by Earthlink after a highly successful initial public offering. At Hearst and Disney she headed up technology and built the first consumer internet websites. In addition to executive roles at IBM and Oracle bringing new products to market, Cristina was CEO of venture backed MIT spinoff Wordstream.

As an engineer, computer scientist, futurist and solutionist, Cristina appreciates the value of applying engineering skills to problem solving, which was the topic of her TEDx talk “Just Solve It”. In 2013 she launched the global student competition “Dream it. Code it. Win it.” which has been honored with; a Trader Magazine Charitable Contribution Award, a MIT Harold E. Lobdell Distinguished Service Award and four Stevie Awards for Best Organization, Best Female Innovator and Best Executive of the Year. Currently, Cristina serves as the MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Vice Chair.

Cristina earned a Master’s Degree from the MIT Media Lab and holds a Master of Computer Science and Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with concentrations in Computer Science, Data Communications and Business. She was a member of the US Bobsled and Skeleton team, earned first place in US Nationals and Empire State Games. She placed second for women at the Skeleton World Cup Championship.

The affirmative team provides a defense of the topic wording that can include parts or its entirety. They will offer an initial “case” in their opening presentation, rebuild it in their response by refuting the negative attacks and offer key final comparisons in their rebuttals.

The negative team’s job is to disprove the affirmative thesis. Their initial presentation should poke holes in the initial affirmative presentation and outline any of their own proofs for their side. The negative response will point out the key points unanswered by the affirmative response and refute attacks on their proofs. Their rebuttal will offer key final comparisons.

William Baker (Moderator) New York University, Director, Global Debate Fund

Richard Heinzl WorldCare International, Inc., Global Medical Director

Richard Migliori UnitedHealth Group, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

David Gruber Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of Research

Michael K. Gusmano The Hastings, Center Research Scholar

Using Blockchain for Managing Medical Records in Difficult Environments with Paul Snow | Factom

Paul Snow, Factom, CEO

https://factom.com/

Paul Snow is the founder and CEO at Factom, the creator of the first blockchain technology built from the ground up, to solve real-world business problems. Paul’s innovative approach to software and application engineering has spawned a litany of inventive open-source companies and solutions that have paved the way for Factom. A true open-source evangelist, Paul also acts as Founder and Chief Architect for DTRules, a open source project he founded in 2004 to make Decision Table based Rules Engines available to all sorts of projects. DTRules, as open source has allowed this general purpose decision-making protocol to be used in many states for health and human services projects, commercial websites, university projects, and many other applications. He also went on to build another for the state of Ohio to support onsite corporate audits.

An active proponent and developer of blockchain based technologies, Paul is a founder of the the Texas Bitcoin Conference, and currently serves as president and chair. He holds three patents for graphics hardware and system configuration technologies. He is a supporter of and contributor to the Colored Coins and Ethereum projects, in addition to driving the development of the Factom Network.

Blockchain Policy Debate Resolve: Blockchain is Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and Systems

William Baker | New York University, Director, Global Debate Fund

Brian Behlendorf | Hyperledger, Executive Director

John D. Halamka | Beth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School

Tim Ken Mackey | UC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public Health

Amanda Stanhaus | University of Michigan, PhD Student