Blockchain and Public Health
| Blockchain and Public Health | |
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 Blockchain is Good for Your Health | |
| Team Organizations | Dell IBM Grant Thornton Deloitte |
| Team Leaders | David Logsdon |
| Participating Municipalities | New York |
| Status | Concept only Stage |
| Document | None |
Description
The Action cluster will aim to help collaborate with key stakeholders in the public health community to help create a Guide on best practices, case studies, and standards. The Guide will help guide key decision makers as they begin to formulate their policy positions on Blockchain and Public Health issues.
Challenges
Cities and communities are in different stages of blockchain adoption. One of the verticals that shows the most promise is public health.
Solutions
TBD
Major Requirements
The Action cluster will aim to help collaborate with key stakeholders in the public health community to help create a Guide on best practices, case studies, and standards. The Guide will help guide key decision makers as they begin to formulate their policy positions on Blockchain and Public Health issues.
Performance Targets
| Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) | Measurement Methods |
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Our goal with the Guide doesn’t necessarily aim to address KPIs but identify barriers to adoption while providing a pathway to replicability, scalability, and sustainability. |
As mentioned above, the Guide won’t necessarily address KPIs. What it will do is examine certain public health areas where we believe that blockchain will have an impact. These include (but are not limited to):
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Standards, Replicability, Scalability, and Sustainability
The data captured from our Guide will provide direction to the level of blockchain adoption and help identify barriers to adoption.
Cybersecurity and Privacy
The Guide will have a section that focuses on the cyber element of blockchain. We will provide use cases that spotlight how the utilization of blockchain is helping diminish cyber risk.
Impacts
According to a new market research report "Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market by Application (Supply Chain Management, Clinical Data Exchange & Interoperability, Claims Adjudication and Billing), End User (Pharmaceutical Companies, Healthcare Payers, Providers) - Global Forecast to 2023", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the market is expected to reach USD 829.0 million by 2023 from USD 53.9 million in 2018, at a CAGR of 72.8%. The growth will help expand technology jobs while saving millions of dollars in efficiencies.
Demonstration/Deployment
The Action cluster will aim to help collaborate with key stakeholders in the public health community to help create a Guide on best practices, case studies, and standards. The Guide will help guide key decision makers as they begin to formulate their policy positions on Blockchain and Public Health issues.
