[2016-10-11] Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise

"It’s all possible with blockchain…"

You hear this over and over at industry conferences. But this time, at the Distributed: Health conference in Nashville, this pie-in the-sky statement got a bit more pushback than usual.

According to many of the speakers at the on 3rd October show, blockchain tech stands to disrupt the complex and frustrating healthcare system in a positive way, mostly revolving around simplifying the management and transfer of health records and information.

Chris Kay, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Humana, said during the morning keynote address:

"There’s a potential for blockchain and its enabling capabilities to solve core problems in healthcare. Healthcare is at a tipping point."

In his mind, a blockchain — which provides trust without a central authority, security and data transparency — could marry the disparate processes in healthcare. For example, a blockchain-based health care system might provide insight into the variety of medical issues a person might be suffering from and integrate health care with the social care of family and friends.

http://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-healthcare-conference-skepticism-promise/

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