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 examplesfrom practitioners. 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.

Speakers delve into and beyond the previously published BHHTY journal 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 enterprise blockchain technology journey extends the framework and solution assemblies including further developments, with cross over into generative AI and ethics. Objectives Learn specific examples on the economics of blockchain revealing low-hanging fruit for the move from pilots to adoption. Explore concepts such as: Data integrity, minimal data, inter-entity streamlining leading to efficiencies, and what is already possible with tech stack developments and economics in efficiency (in millions) from the previously published BHTY article at DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v6.280 Learn from other verticals to build a framework that is more comprehensive encompassing global perspectives Future proofing and stair-stepping design for an evolving technology – holistic guidance to find and execute the opportunities Obtain a framework for blockchain adoption based on the article. In addition, authors address the academic view of blockchain adoption, and that it is a combination of tech, policy, economics, consumer engagement, and operationalization. Acquire multi-dimensional discovery and specific blockchain constructs including provenance- consensus, trust maps, convergence, dApp human loops, and future proofing /stair-stepping Grasp global perspectives on evolving frameworks with in many verticals and the multi-dimensional nature of blockchain transformation, operationalization, blockchain-enterprise landscape, and AI automation. Gain a better understanding of why is blockchain an essential technology for the future of responsible AI and for scalability of solutions