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.    

On Sept 1, 2023, Partners in Digital Health, publisher of Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY,) conducted the 4th Annual ConVerge2Xcelerate (ConV2X) Ignition Pitch Competition. The competition was recorded for journal and On Demand broadcast viewing.  Seven competitors in the digital health and DLT markets presented to eight decerning judges. Entrants were asked to demonstrate how products and services directly impact the telehealth and blockchain in healthcare technology fields from around the globe.  Product solution catgories included, but were not limited to:

AI & Tech in Telehealth and Medicine

• Smart home care design, AI, sensors, robotics, chronic care condition(s) using RPM, reducing cost for health systems or patients, enhancing the physician-patient relationship, mixed reality to enhance outcomes in patient care, etc.

Advancing the Business of Health with Blockchain Technology

• Monetization of data,  interoperability, improving population health, precision medicine, public health & equity, digital twins, secure identity, DeFi, medical metaverse, supply chain, clinical trials, etc.

Scores were rated from 1-5, with 5 being the highest/best. Criteria appears below. Scores were taillied, and winners selected for each category.

• Impact:
  • How likely is the solution to improve outcomes for the problem identified?
• Innovation:
  • Does the team provide a convincing rationale for why their solution may work?
  • Does the solution provide a creative approach and address specific user needs?
• Scalability:
  • How easy would it be to develop and implement this solution?
  • Could this solution scale across different markets and therapeutic areas?
• Presentation:
  • How effective was the presentation overall?
  • Was the solution they are proposing convincingly articulated, presented or visualized?

The convergence of digital twin technologies with precision health, pharmaceutical industry, and life sciences has garnered substantial recent attention. As we advance toward personalized medicine and precision health, the fusion of digital twin and blockchain technologies is poised to fundamentally enhance healthcare outcomes. This conference discussion highlighted pivotal drivers accelerating the adoption of digital twin-enabled blockchain solutions, encompassing the shift to a decentralized world wide web (Web 3.0), the establishment of a global interconnected health ecosystem, and the distinct advantages offered by converging frontier technologies in optimizing healthcare, pharmaceutical industry, and life sciences. Yet, the effective deployment of blockchain-powered digital twins in precision health necessitates robust cyber safety measures, proactive ethical frameworks, data validation, provenance assurance, streamlined supply chain management, and heightened interoperability. The proceedings underscored Blockchain-powered Digital Twins' pivotal role in reshaping health data management, security, sharing, ownership, and monetization, as well as in revolutionizing pharmaceutical supply chain management and novel drugs and therapeutics development within the precision health domain.

Blockchain applications in healthcare have grown rapidly and it includes record keeping, clinical trials, medical supply chains, patient monitoring, etc. where Blockchain characteristics are needed to improve safety, privacy, and security. Blockchain Technology is one of the biggest disruptive technologies today. However, Porru, et. al (2017) have reported it lacks processes, tools, and techniques. Therefore, this paper provides a systematic framework for a secure and sustainable software engineering framework for healthcare blockchain applications. Secure and Sustainable Software Engineering Framework for Healthcare Blockchain Applications (S3EF-HBCA) significant contribution includes requirements engineering for healthcare, business process modelling for healthcare, domain modelling for healthcare, a reference architecture for healthcare, and validation by case study on Electronic Healthcare Record Management System (EHR), and simulation with Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) tools. The simulation shows it has taken 10.45 minutes to process 100 instances of real-time data and service requests. The overall result shows encouragement in terms of process, tools, standards, and testing.

Blockchain technologies has been in the forefront of innovation and is maturing at a fast pace with fintech leading the way. Though the innovation in the permissionless space is high, the enterprise adoption has still not caught up. The reasons include a variety of reasons including inadequate understanding of the technology, full awareness even in enterprises, unclear regulations, and lack of exploration and evangelism to really understand the reimagination of shared enterprise business processes. Most enterprise blockchain efforts are run from a small exploratory group in large companies and has NOT moved beyond pilots or limited production tryouts in to mainstream adoption at scale. This is because there is not much knowledge about what is possible for reimagining current business processes which are mostly unilateral.  This is more obvious in healthcare. A horizontal transformation enabler like the blockchain technology can effect collaborative business processes in a networked world. This paper explores the root causes for the challengesand suggests a methodology for discovery of the key inflection points for potential collaborative business processes and  the re-engineering that would be needed. Blockchain in enterprise are not an isolated piece of technology, and has to interact with the enterprise assets, and there has to be mechanisms for aggregating the data that is meaningful to the counter parties for shared collaboration. Equally important is solid and a stair-stepping change management plan for the blockchain efforts to meet operations mainstream and gradually move the operations to the end state. Possibilities and results of the collaborative processes have to be shown in meticulous economic rigor for any possibilities of blockchain efforts getting the enterprise portfolio dollars against many enterprise systems that are already overloading budgets. The paper will cite the journey in a reference implementation with results, findings at the technical, functional, operational and change management levels for healthcare administration executives and portfolio managers.

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.

In an era characterized by the convergence of cutting-edge technologies, the world of healthcare and public health is on the brink of a profound transformation that will shape the future of medicine and wellness. This transformation is not merely an incremental step forward; it is a paradigm shift. It is driven by the synergistic integration of digital twins, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and multi-omics platforms, collectively propelling us into uncharted territory. The integration of these innovations holds the potential to rewrite the rules of engagement in clinical trials, revamp the strategies for preventing public health crises, and redefine the way we manage, share, and secure healthcare data. As we embark on this journey of exploration and innovation, we find ourselves at a pivotal juncture, akin to the invention of the microscope in biology or the discovery of antibiotics in medicine. We are at the crossroads of a new era, one that teems with immense promise and transformative power. 

In this session, 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.

This session 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.

In this sessions 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