Blockchain in Healthcare Today (Jul 2022)

Improving Transitions of Care: Designing a Blockchain Application for Patient Identity Management

  • Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth. MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine,
  • Daniel Toshio Harrell, PhD - Research Associate, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin,
  • Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD, Director, Data Integration, Co-Chief, Health Information and Data Analytic Sciences, Assistant Professor of Population Health, Affiliate Faculty, Center for Health Communication, Dell Medical School and The University of Texas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v5.221

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The annual ConV2X is a leading international health tech symposium driving real world evidence, strategy, research, operations and trends to create a blueprint for a new digital health era. The 2021 symposium featured a scientific program of academic/research presentations in addition to business and industry talks. The research track focused on exploring and sharing developments in blockchain and emerging technologies in health and clinical medicine. Submissions were based on original research, conceptual frameworks, proposed applications, position papers, case studies, and real-world implementation. Selection was based on a peer-review process. Faculty, students, and industry researchers were encouraged to submit abstracts to present ideas before an informed and knowledgeable audience of industry leaders, policy makers, funders, and researchers. This presentation was selected by the scientific review committee. Submission Review Committee • Dave Kochalko, CEO of ARTiFACTS • Anjum Khurshid, UT Austin • Carlos Caldas, UT Engineering • Gil Alterovitz, Harvard Medical School • Kayo Fujimoto, UT Health Houston • Lei Zhang, University of Glasglow • Sean Manion, CSciO of ConsenSys Health • Vijayakuman Varadarajan, University of South Wales • Vikram Dhillon, Wayne State University • Yuichi Ikeda, Kyoto University

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