Blockchain Predictions for Health Care in 2021

The health care system has been pushed toward more digitization and technology in the past year. But there is a silver lining to this tragedy.

Contributors

• Prasad Kothari Director, Axtria, Vice President — The Smart Cube, USA
• Melanie Nuce SVP Corporate Development, GS1 USA
• Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes Chief Quality & Innovation Officer, MEDNAX, USA
• Dominique Hurley VP, Strategy & Innovation, HealthVerity, USA
• Mercury Fox Executive Director, CODATA at UA, University of Arizona, USA
• Sweta Sneha Executive Director and Professor, Healthcare Management and Informatics, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia; and Executive Director of Healthcare Management Informatics, Professor of Information Systems, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw University, USA
• Wendy Charles Chief Scientific Officer, BurstIQ, USA
• Jim Nasr CEO and Founder, Acoer, USA
• Radhika Iyengar Founding Partner, Starchain Ventures, USA

Abstract: With coronavirus (COVID) spreading across the world and the health care system being pushed toward more digitization and technology, last year was a unique year of human tragedy. There is a silver lining to this tragedy, that is, providers, payers, and pharma companies have shifted quickly toward better technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) blockchain, and so on.

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