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Partners in Digital HealthHow Blockchain Technology Impacts Research and Scholarly Outputs Including Attribution, Reproducibility, Immutibility and Peer ReviewHow Blockchain Technology Impacts Research and Scholarly Outputs Including Attribution, Reproducibility, Immutibility and Peer ReviewTory Cenaj (Moderator) Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine TodayCourtney Morris ARTiFACTS, President, Co-FounderSean Manion Science Distributed, Chief Executive2025-05-1926 minPartners in Digital HealthWill the Real Metaverse Please Stand Up (Part 1)Will the Real Metaverse Please Stand Up (Part 1)Rafael Brown - CEO & Founder at Symbol Zero and Microsoft Regional Director, Silicon ValleyCharlie Northrup - CEO, NeurSciencesTory Cenaj - Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health2022-08-0856 minPartners in Digital HealthNewCos – Better, Stronger, FasterNewCos – Better, Stronger, Fastero Nir Shalom, CEO, flo.LIVEo o Russell Glass, CEO, Ginger Health o Lisa Lavin, CEO, Omcare o April Mims, Senior VP, Public Policy, Hims&Hers o Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health2022-04-251h 06Partners in Digital HealthTrusting Science and Evidence in a Post-COVID WorldTrusting Science and Evidence in a Post-COVID WorldDr. Susan R. Bailey, AMA President2022-02-2829 minPartners in Digital HealthIntroduction and Industry Commentary - From ConV2X 2021Truth and Relevance in Global Scientific Communication and DisseminationTory Cenaj2022-02-2430 minPartners in Digital HealthHome Health Business Critical Regulation and PolicyHome Health Business Critical Regulation and PolicyBill Dombi | President, National Association for Home Care & HospiceDan Lowenstein | VP of Policy, VNSNYCarol Yarbrough | Business Operations, Telehealth Resource Center, UCSF2022-02-2230 minPartners in Digital HealthTelehealth Billing and Fraud Enforcement Telehealth Billing and Fraud Enforcement | ConV2X 2021: Day 1, Session 3Carolyn YocomCharles C. Dunham, IV2022-02-1434 minPartners in Digital HealthSecuring the Chain of Custody and Integrity of Data in a Global North-South Partnership to Monitor the Quality of Essential MedicinesSecuring the Chain of Custody and Integrity of Data in a Global North-South Partnership to Monitor the Quality of Essential MedicinesNatalie Meyers + Kathleen Hayes2022-02-0908 minPartners in Digital HealthRe-engineering Clinical Trial Management System Using Blockchain TechnologyRe-engineering Clinical Trial Management System Using Blockchain TechnologyYan Zhuang, PhD | National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University2022-02-0119 minPartners in Digital HealthSmart Contract Solutions for Transactional Inefficiency in Medical Device ProcurementSmart Contract Solutions for Transactional Inefficiency in Medical Device Procurement | John HatchellLearn the latest developments, solutions and forward-looking approaches with this technology for healthcare. How do panelists view healthcare delivery systems changing through blockchain-powered technology? What solutions are they spearheading along with new models of collaborations with which they are involved? The panel will highlight how blockchain is leveraged to transform health systems.2022-01-2423 minPartners in Digital HealthMediLinker: A Patient-centric Electronic Health Identity Management System Using Blockchain TechnologyMediLinker: A Patient-centric Electronic Health Identity Management System Using Blockchain TechnologyDaniel Toshio HarrellMuhammad UsmanLadd HansonAnjum Khurshid2022-01-1920 minPartners in Digital HealthIntegrating Blockchain with AI and 5G to Mitigate Covid-19Integrating Blockchain with AI and 5G to Mitigate COVID-19: A Comprehensive Literature ReviewFrank Ashmore2022-01-1219 minPartners in Digital HealthDecentralized Identity Management for E-Health Applications: State-of-the-Art Guidance for Future WorkDecentralized Identity Management for E-Health Applications: State-of-the-Art Guidance for Future WorkAnton Hasselgren | Abylay Satybaidy2022-01-0317 minPartners in Digital HealthCORES Issues on Blockchain Deployment in Healthcare: Evidence from ExpertsCORES Issues on Blockchain Deployment in Healthcare: Evidence from ExpertsJohn Robert BautistaDaniel Toshio HarrellEric T. MeyerEliel OliveiraAnjum Khurshid2021-12-2915 minPartners in Digital HealthApplicability of Blockchain-based Implementation for Risk Management in Healthcare ProjectsApplicability of Blockchain-based Implementation for Risk Management in Healthcare ProjectsIn Bae Chung | Graduate Research AssistantCarlos Caldas | Professor of Construction Engineering and Project Management2021-12-2215 minPartners in Digital HealthResearch Datasets as Assets: Blockchain-based Valuation and Transaction MethodsResearch Datasets As Assets: Blockchain-Based Valuation And Transaction MethodsWendy Charles, PhD, CIP, CCRP, CBP et al2021-12-1618 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain Applied To Network Science: Toward Implementing Multilevel Blockchain-Based Network Intervention To Address Health Inequity In Healthcare Delivery SystemBlockchain applied to network science: toward implementing multilevel blockchain-based network intervention to address health inequity in healthcare delivery system, Kayo Fujimoto, et al.2021-12-0621 minPartners in Digital HealthImproving Transitions of Care: Designing a Blockchain Application for Patient Identity ManagementMustafa Abdul MoheethThe 5th Annual ConVerge2Xcelerate (#ConV2X) 2021 Symposium (https://conv2xsymposium.com), featured international blockchain technology use cases and a blueprint for secure health systems, safe and efficacious life science implementations, and data protection in a new digital health era.The acclaimed health technology symposium is the premier destination community identifying new and cost-effective paths forward through real world evidence, strategy, operations, research & trends, where healthcare leadership and breakthrough technology providers inspire and guide informed decision making for health and policy development.2021-12-0115 minPartners in Digital HealthHealth Innovation & Architecture: What Future Environments Bring to Workers, Patients, Wellness and OutcomesHealth Innovation & Architecture: What Future Environments Bring to Workers, Patients, Wellness and Outcomes, with:Paul Barach, BSc, MD, MPH, Maj (ret)Nigel Edwards, Chief ExecutiveTye Farrow, FRAIC, BArch, MArchUD, LEED AP, OAA, MAIBBill Hercules, FAIA, FACHA, FACHE2021-11-231h 03Partners in Digital HealthFraud and Credentialing in Telehealth and MedicineAmar Gupta, PhD, MIT Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USAGary Cantrell, Senior Executive, Department of Health and Human Services Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FRCP (Lon.)(HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)2021-11-1747 minPartners in Digital HealthDoes the Concierge Medicine Business Model Reduce Costs?Rajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorJay ParkinsonSherpaa, Founder & CEOSandeep PulimMedici MD, CIOIn a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors will...2021-11-0330 minPartners in Digital HealthPatient and HCP Data Rights Management in BlockchainPrivacy laws like GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have created a much more regulated environment in which enterprises need to operate in regards to consumer data permissions. Built on hyperledger fabric, HealthVerity Consent is an enterprise-level platform that allows organizations to aggregate and manage all existing touchpoints across the organization in one central location to comply with evolving privacy requirements.In this session we'll review what it took to deliver an enterprise blockchain installation where we drove business process change across departments and companies to better manage rights to data access and use. We’ll co...2021-10-2718 minPartners in Digital HealthScientific Writing for Peer Review - Best PracticesEllen McCarthyCadent Medical Communications, Managing DirectorJulia Saiz ShimosatoSyneos Health, SVPDescription: Today’s healthcare industry is unapologetically data-driven. From virtual biotech start-ups to big pharma and independent research agencies, making data available to the public, whether positive or negative, is an integral component of any research and development effort. Among all the means available for scientific communications, peer-reviewed publications remain the gold standard platform for the public release and vetting of biomedical data, from preclinical to advanced-stage clinical studies. And behind most effective peer-review communication strategies and efforts, th...2021-10-2019 minPartners in Digital HealthSmart Contracts | It's Innovation & Challenges with Decentralized PaymentsHeather Flannery (Moderator)ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global LeadAvinash BurraDigital Asset, Product ManagerCombiz Richard AbdolrahimiDeloitte, Former U.S. Treasury Senior Policy AdvisorJim Kyung-Soo LiewJohns Hopkins Carey Business School, Assistant Professor of FinanceDescription: The what's and who's of the stakeholders in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best public platforms for smart contracts with payments...2021-10-1323 minPartners in Digital HealthVeterans Affairs Telehealth and Training Programs During the COVID-19 ResponseRhonda Johnston, Ph.D., BC-FNP, BC-ANPDirector, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training DivisionRita F. Kobb, MSN, APRN-BCTelehealth Training Team Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training DivisionClaire Marty, MN, RNNational Quality Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality...2021-10-0618 minPartners in Digital Health“Unscripted” Podcast Series | The Path Forward for Holistic Virtual CareMr. Bruce BrandesSenior Vice President of Consumer Centered Virtual Care, Teladoc HealthDr. Lyle BerkowitzCEO of Back Nine Healthcare Consulting and Editor-in-chief of Telehealth and Medicine TodayThe COVID-19 pandemic exponentially accelerated adoption of virtual care and heightened consumer expectations, which caused health systems to reimagine their role in virtual care. As a result, adoption of virtual care has empowered health systems to move beyond siloed applications to a comprehensive, whole-person approach that consumers will need across their healthcare journey. In this podcast, Bruce Brandes and Dr...2021-09-2925 minPartners in Digital HealthCelebrating Ingenuity with Failures and Negative DataHeather Flannery (Moderator)ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global LeadJose ArrietaU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant SecretaryDebbie BucciGovernment Office, IT ArchitectTom SavelCDC, Director, Informatics Innovation Unit2021-09-2221 minPartners in Digital HealthHow Blockchain Tech Enhances Academic PublishingTory Cenaj (Moderator)Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine TodayCourtney MorrisARTiFACTS, President, Co-FounderSean ManionScience Distributed, Chief ExecutiveDescription: Significant portions of usable, and funded research never make it through the data funnel, getting lost as "dark knowledge." Blockchain technology offers new ways to bring this dark knowledge to light. The panel will discuss how blockchain technology impacts research and scholarly outputs including attribution, reproducibility, immutability and peer review. Discussions will include how...2021-09-1326 minPartners in Digital HealthKeynote Address: Transformational Technologies in HealthcareWith ConV2X in the not-too-distant future, we decided to hark back to one of last year's Keynote Addresses with the one and only, John D. Halamka.John D. Halamka, MD, MSProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Information Officer; Beth Israel Deaconess Med; Editor-in-Chief, BHTYDr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where he received a degree in medical microbiology and a degree in public policy with a focus on technology issues. He entered medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and simultaneously pursued graduate work in...2021-09-0814 minPartners in Digital HealthBlasting a Clear Path Forward for a New Era in HealthcareTed Tanner (Moderator)PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTOMatt CunninghamSVP, Business Development, EvicoreErik PupoChief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical CenteJay SalesCo-Director, VSP GlobalDescription: Over the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction will also reduce costs...2021-09-0245 minPartners in Digital HealthThere is Greater Financial Value in Telehealth for Consumers than for Providers: A DebateWilliam Baker (Moderator)New York University, Director, Global Debate FundRichard HeinzlWorldCare International, Inc., Global Medical DirectorRichard MiglioriUnitedHealth Group, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical OfficerDavid GruberAlvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of ResearchMichael K. GusmanoThe Hastings, Center Research ScholarSummary:The affirmative team provides a defense of the topic wording that can include parts or its entirety. They will...2021-08-2344 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain Firsts in Business, Collaboration, Innovation, and Substantive ResultsVince AlbaneseHaven Health Solutions, CEOMark JacobsDelaware Health Information Network, Chief Information OfficerMark B. ThompsonMedical Society of Delaware, Executive DirectorDescription: Representatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs of the...2021-08-1824 minPartners in Digital HealthImproving the Value of Health Care w/ TelemedicineOren MechanicBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency MedicineDescription: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.2021-08-1117 minPartners in Digital HealthCOVID-19 Telehealth Impact Study | Exploring One Year of Telehealth ExperimentationImportance: This three-part study characterizes the widespread implementation of telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving us insight into the role of telehealth as we enter a stage of “new normal” healthcare delivery in the U.S.Objective: The COVID-19 Telehealth Impact Study was designed to describe the natural experiment of telehealth adoption during the pandemic. Using a large claims data stream and surveys of providers and patients, we studied telehealth in all 50 states to inform healthcare leaders. Design, Setting, Participants: In March 2020, the MITRE Corporation and Mayo Clinic founded the COVID-19 Heal...2021-08-0450 minPartners in Digital HealthCase Use for Future Deployment | MUSC National Beacon of Telehealth ExcellenceDee FordMedical University of South Carolina, Professor of MedicineKathryn King CristaldiMedical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of ExcellenceJames McElligottMedical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Medical Director for TelehealthDescription: In 2017 MUSC was one of two academic health systems recognized by the federal government as a Telehealth Center of Excellence. The Health Resources and Services Administration gave MUSC this designation in recognition of MUSC’s expansive breadth and depth of telehealth services, most of which are in medically un...2021-07-2728 minPartners in Digital HealthThe BUYSMARTER JourneyLori RudermanDepartment of Health and Human Services Director, BuySmarter PMOKenneth ThomsonHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Administration, BUYSMARTER Solution Architect at Nationwide IT Services, Inc.BUYSMARTER is a transformative, data-driven initiative leveraging the collective purchasing power ($24B/year) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to secure lower prices, achieve operational efficiencies, and generate cost savings on goods and services.BUYSMARTER ‘s proof of concept used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology to analyze departmental requirements based on current HHS-wide spend data. Th...2021-07-2120 minPartners in Digital HealthA Strategic Asset to Achieve Efficiency? Telehealth.Bryan ArkwrightSchumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law, Managing Consultant / ProfessorJames EdwardsCloudbreak Health, LLC, CEO and Co-FounderJohn MattisonKaiser Permanente, Asst. Med. Dir. Chief Health Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Faculty, Singularity UniversityDescription: Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth...2021-07-1328 minPartners in Digital HealthVital Guidelines for Blockchain StartupsJohn D. Halamka (Moderator), MD, MSBeth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolCees HespPharmAccess, Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations FoundationFlorence D. HudsonNortheast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation InternetGil Alterovitz, PhDHarvard Medical School, Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDescription:...2021-07-0826 minPartners in Digital HealthDecentralized Payments & Smart Contracts | The Innovation and ChallengesHeather Flannery (Moderator)ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global LeadAvinash BurraDigital Asset, Product ManagerCombiz Richard AbdolrahimiDeloitte, Former U.S. Treasury Senior Policy AdvisorJim Kyung-Soo LiewJohns Hopkins Carey Business School, Assistant Professor of FinanceDescription: The session will address what and who the stakeholders are in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best...2021-06-3023 minPartners in Digital HealthThe Growth of Concierge Medicine Business Models in Value Based MedicineRajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorJay ParkinsonSherpaa, Founder & CEOSandeep PulimMedici MD, CIODescription: In a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors...2021-06-2330 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain Debate: Is Blockchain Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and Systems?William BakerNew York University, Director, Global Debate FundBrian BehlendorfHyperledger, Executive DirectorJohn D. Halamka, MD, MSBeth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTim Ken MackeyUC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public HealthAmanda StanhausUniversity of Michigan, PhD Student2021-06-1746 minPartners in Digital HealthHow TeleHealth is Changing the Clinical Trial ForeverStan KachnowskiHIT Lab, Columbia University, Chair, Health Information Policy & ManagementProfessor Stan Kachnowski, PhD MPA CSEP, an Oxford trained researcher, has taught over 5,000 students from Columbia University, IIT-Delhi, and Quinnipiac College. His teaching and research over the past 25 years includes educating graduate level and executive students on 4 continents and conducting extensive studies on the efficacy and diffusion of digital health, including electronic data capture, ePRO, wearables, and predictive algorithms.Professor Kachnowski has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and presentations for national and international journals and societies in digital health development, management, and diffusion...2021-06-0816 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain for Health: 101 Primer for StudentsPresenter | Jim NasrCEO, ACOERJim Nasr is the CEO of Acoer—at technology firm focused on building usable, open, blockchain-enabled software for healthcare—and the acting CTO at Safe Health Systems, a digital health platform provider. Prior to his current roles, Jim was Chief Software Architect at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—leading the modernization of the agency’s scientific applications, culminating in the development of OpenCDC. Jim has more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry, with over a decade as a founder profitably growing the technology firm Arm...2021-06-0352 minPartners in Digital HealthValue Based Metrics to Incentivize + Reward Customer Behavior w BlockchainCristina DolaniXledger Technologies, Co-Founder & COOCristina Dolan is Co-Founder and COO of iXledger an alternative marketplace for insurance based on blockchain. As a former executive at a software company that offers award winning global multi-asset institutional trading solutions in the cloud, she is applying her knowledge of traditional marketplaces to the creation of next generation blockchain enabled marketplaces in combination with advanced technologies through digital transformation to create efficiencies and opportunities.Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest Internet Service Provider. The company...2021-05-2620 minPartners in Digital HealthWhat Did Telehealth Look Like Before COVID vs Now?Jon Savage DO, FAAEM | Care on LocationGerard Frunzi MBA | Children's Hospital, Colorado Terri Casterton MBA | MSSCL2021-05-191h 29Partners in Digital HealthLeveraging Remote Patient Monitoring to Manage Chronic DiseaseRajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorMichael AdcockUMMC Center for Telehealth, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Executive Director, Center for TelehealthAbstractSession Description: Mississippi understands the challenges and costs of a patient population with chronic diseases. The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) Center for Telehealth has a mission to bridge the gaps in the healthcare delivery system in order to improve the health of all Mississippians. Telehealth is able to connect rural residents to the specialists at the larger tertiary centers in the state, th...2021-05-1327 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain | Firsts in Business, Collaboration, Innovation, and Substantive ResultsVince AlbaneseHaven Health Solutions, CEOMark JacobsDelaware Health Information Network, Chief Information OfficerMark B. ThompsonMedical Society of Delaware, Executive DirectorDescription: Representatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs...2021-05-0624 minPartners in Digital HealthThe Path Forward for Whole-person Virtual Care | Teladoc HealthSpeakersMr. Bruce Brandes: Senior Vice President of Consumer Centered Virtual Care, Teladoc HealthDr. Lyle Berkowitz: CEO of Back Nine Healthcare Consulting and Editor-in-chief of Telehealth and Medicine Today.DescriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic exponentially accelerated adoption of virtual care and heightened consumer expectations, which caused health systems to reimagine their role in virtual care. As a result, adoption of virtual care has empowered health systems to move beyond siloed applications to a comprehensive, whole-person approach that consumers will need across their healthcare journey.2021-04-2625 minPartners in Digital HealthImproving the Value of Health Care w/ Telemedicine and Digital HealthOren MechanicBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency MedicineDescription: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.2021-04-2217 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain & Electronic Health Records (EHR)John D. Halamka, MD, MS | Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolRobert Chu | Embleema, CEO and CTOKeith Hanna | IPRD Solutions, Chief Executive OfficerKatherine Kuzmeskas | SimplyVital Health, Co-FounderDescription: Usability, product value, role of cryptocurrency, standards, and EHR integration plus lessons learned from Embleema Health Blockchain public launch use case to include patient usability, EMR format compliance, cysticfibrosis.com patient community feedback, and pharma feedback.2021-04-1429 minPartners in Digital HealthUnited States | Making It a Telehealth Ready NationDavid Gruber (Moderator)Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group (HIG), Managing Director and Director of ResearchIris BermanNorthwell Health, VP and AVP, Telehealth Services and Member, NYS Regulatory Modernizatioin Workgroup for TelehealthAndrew B. WilsonMorris James LLP, Attorney and Legislative SpecialistDescription: Efficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world...2021-04-0818 minPartners in Digital HealthBlasting a Clear Path Forward for a New Era in HealthcareTed Tanner (Moderator)PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTOMatt CunninghamSVP, Business Development, EvicoreErik PupoChief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical CenteJay SalesCo-Director, VSP GlobalDescription: Over the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction...2021-03-2545 minPartners in Digital HealthImproving Healthcare Outcomes w/ Next Generation Internet: A Global Case StudyShawnna Hoffman IBM, Global Cognitive Legal Co-Leader, Watson AI & Quantum Computing, Global CoCFlorence D. Hudson (Moderator) Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation InternetCarlo Piraino International Healthcare ConsultantSession Description: Addresses the challenges and opportunities in improving healthcare outcomes with advanced technologies and Telehealth. From blockchain, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, and the next generation internet, we will discuss how advanced technologies can address the needs for personalized medicine, patient-centric healthcare, and leveraging the vast amount of data being captured today and in the future...2021-03-1725 minPartners in Digital HealthTokens: Blending Game Theory, Computer Science, Psychology, and EconomicsTom Savel (Moderator)CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation UnitKatherine KuzmeskasSimplyVital Health, Co-FounderChrissa McFarlanePatientory, Founder/CEOMihaela UlieruEndor.coin, Chief AlchemistSession Description: Tokenization is a fundamental and transformation feature enabled via a blockchain. Tokenization is the digital representation of a real-world or digital asset of value (e.g., health data, real estate, music, insurance, advertising, art). Once tokenized, assets can be easily and securely exchanged. Within the healthcare ecosystem, these digital assets can be used for many...2021-03-1022 minPartners in Digital HealthInnovation in TelehealthRajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorErik ViirreUC San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego and Former Medical Director, Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize and Nokia Samsung XCHALLENGEJoseph (Joe) SmithReflexion Health, a Digital Health Corp Company, CEOThe session covered how research and outcomes are linked to innovation presenting recent outcomes from a case use. Points of view from providers and innovators on patient care, science, and technology will be discussed. The ideation behind the XPRIZE and how the most successful solutions...2021-03-0326 minPartners in Digital HealthFireside Chat: VA Video Telehealth and Training Programs During the COVID-19 ResponseRhonda Johnston, Ph.D., BC-FNP, BC-ANP, Director, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training DivisionRita F. Kobb, MSN, APRN-BC, Telehealth Training Team Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training DivisionClaire Marty, MN, RN, National Quality Lead, VA Office of Connected Care Quality and Training Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Connected Care, Quality and Training DivisionPadraic...2021-02-2318 minPartners in Digital HealthManaging Medical Records in Difficult Environments w/ BlockchainManaging Medical Records in Difficult Environments w/ BlockchainPaul Snow, Factom, CEOhttps://factom.com/Paul Snow is the founder and CEO at Factom, the creator of the first blockchain technology built from the ground up, to solve real-world business problems. Paul’s innovative approach to software and application engineering has spawned a litany of inventive open-source companies and solutions that have paved the way for Factom. A true open-source evangelist, Paul also acts as Founder and Chief Architect for DTRules, a open source project he founded in 2004 to make Decision Table based Ru...2021-02-1810 min
Partners in Digital HealthConsenSys Health Keynote AddressHeather Flannery, ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Leadhttps://consensys.net/Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in Q4 2018. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (blockchain in healthcare and life sciences) and serves as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force. Ms. Flannery is also an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, has served as Industry Faculty for the...2021-02-1113 min
Partners in Digital HealthTransformational Technologies in Healthcare - All Aboard!John D. Halamka, MD, MSProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Information Officer; Beth Israel Deaconess Med; Editor-in-Chief, BHTYgeekdoctor.blogspot.com/Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where he received a degree in medical microbiology and a degree in public policy with a focus on technology issues. He entered medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and simultaneously pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on technology issues in medicine. He completed his residency at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the De...2021-02-0414 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain Policy Debate Resolve: Blockchain is Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and SystemsWilliam BakerNew York University, Director, Global Debate FundBrian BehlendorfHyperledger, Executive DirectorJohn D. Halamka, MD, MSBeth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTim Ken MackeyUC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public HealthAmanda StanhausUniversity of Michigan, PhD Student2021-01-2746 min
Matt BirdTory Cenaj, Founder of Conv2x with Host Matt Bird | 2019 Conv2X ConferenceTory Cenaj, Founder of Conv2x was interviewed LIVE on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Matt Bird, at the Red Carpet Event at the 2019 Converge2Xcelerate Conference in Boston, MA.2021-01-2506 min
Traders Network ShowTory Cenaj, Founder of Conv2x | 2019 Conv2X ConferenceTory Cenaj, Founder of Conv2x was interviewed LIVE on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Ed Kim, at the 2019 Converge2Xcelerate Conference in Boston, MA.
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Partners in Digital HealthTelehealth Pre-COVID vs Now. What's Working? What's Not?Care on Location | Jon Savage DO, FAAEMChildren's Hosp Colorado | Gerard Frunzi MBASCL | Terri Casterton MBA, MS2021-01-201h 29Partners in Digital HealthBHTY-DMV Chapter Blockathon Pitch CompetitionBHTY-DMV Chapter Blockathon Pitch Competition: Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes MD MBA, FACHE, MDMBA, Chief Quality & Innovation Officer, MEDNAXThe BHTY-DMV BLOCKATHON pitch competition invited evidence-based submissions of original research focused on distributed ledger technologies that transform and disrupt ecosystem inefficiency to tackle societal issues impacting health consumers worldwide.The BHTY-DMV BLOCKATHON provided participants unique opportunities for visibility, collaboration and advisory with subject matter experts and community other participants from academia, government and industry. Requests for participation were pre-vetted by a selection panel.2021-01-1355 minPartners in Digital HealthKeynote Remarks from ConV2X 2020 | John Halamka, MD, President, Mayo Clinic PlatformKeynote Remarks from ConV2X 2020 | John Halamka, MD, President, Mayo Clinic Platform2021-01-0713 minPartners in Digital Health2nd Annual Innovation Ignition CompetitionThe competition invited entries focusing on the following areas:Reducing health systems and patient out-of-pocket costsDesigning for the level of a patient’s mobilityEducating patients on new technology, use, application, and outcomesEnhanced standard of care for care-giving, remote care, elderly care, and urban care Applicants were asked to demonstrate how products and services directly impact the telehealth and blockchain health technology sectors. Products/services had to be GDPR and/or HIPAA compliant. Contestants submitted detailed applications from which judges selected eight (8) finalists for a 5 minute lightning ro...2021-01-0555 minPartners in Digital HealthAcquisitions Facilitation via Blockchain TechnologyOki MekU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Chief Product OfficerAleksandar ZelenovicSapient Consulting, Strategy and Consulting Practice LeadACCELERATE is a transformative program in support of HHS ReImagine Acquisition. It is designed to empower the workforce in a decentralized manner and create a flexible capability for HHS to change and implement policy. Accelerate addresses the acquisition workforce process challenges, and improve the value derived from HHS expenditure on acquisition support systems. It is architected to combine the power of four proven emerging technologies to address these...2020-12-2816 minPartners in Digital HealthBuySmarterLori RudermanDepartment of Health and Human Services Director, BuySmarter PMOKenneth ThomsonHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Administration, BUYSMARTER Solution Architect at Nationwide IT Services, Inc.BUYSMARTER is a transformative, data-driven initiative leveraging the collective purchasing power ($24B/year) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to secure lower prices, achieve operational efficiencies, and generate cost savings on goods and services. BUYSMARTER ‘s proof of concept used Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology to analyze departmental requirements based on current HHS-wide sp...2020-12-2320 minPartners in Digital HealthCreating a Patient-Centric, Global, Decentralized Health SystemKenneth ColonIzzy Care, Co-Founder and CEO, Wyoming, USAOver the past decade, there have been many innovations in new payment and care delivery models and technology – from telemedicine to AI to blockchain. These innovations, however, need to be used in tandem to drive real change. We will review each of these innovations and propose a model for how they can be brought together to be greater than the sum of their parts. In doing so, we can create a global, decentralized health system that truly puts patient care at the center, while supporting and fu...2020-12-1716 minPartners in Digital HealthBasics for Blockchain Healthcare Use and Technology: 101 CourseCees HespPharmAccess Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations FoundationAn introduction for the novice on what blockchain technology is, where it fits in the healthcare arena, use cases, and current trends and potential barriers to market.2020-12-1104 minPartners in Digital HealthData Sharing? The Case for Blockchain at the Global Convergence of Healthcare, Life sciences, and Consumer MarketsRon RibitzkyR&D Ribitzky, Founder & CEOUli BroedlBoehringer Ingelheim, Canada, Medical Director and Vice President of Medical and Regulatory AffairsChrissa McFarlanePatientory, Founder/CEOKevin A. ClausonLipscomb University, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy & Health SciencesMost read articles by the same author(s)Kevin A. Clauson, Elizabeth A. Breeden, Cameron Davidson, Timothy K. Mackey, Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Management in Healthcare: , Blockchain in Healthcare Today: Volume 1, 2018Ron Ribitzky...2020-12-0727 minPartners in Digital HealthSurfacing Dark Knowledge: How Blockchain Technology Enhances Academic PublishingTory Cenaj (Moderator)Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, Blockchain in Healthcare Today and Telehealth and Medicine TodayCourtney MorrisARTiFACTS, President, Co-FounderSean ManionScience Distributed, Chief ExecutiveSignificant portions of usable, and funded research never make it through the data funnel, getting lost as "dark knowledge." Blockchain technology offers new ways to bring this dark knowledge to light. The panel will discuss how blockchain technology impacts research and scholarly outputs including attribution, reproducibility, immutibility and peer review. Discussions will include how the...2020-12-0426 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain 102 - Anatomy of CodingPriya RamaswamyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, ResidentIntroduction and top line review of hash functions, encryption in health care, and creating a ledger. This is a great session for those that DON'T have a tech background, if you are new to blockchain ,or those who want a refresher/review. Learn how to setup your own blockchain project with code from Github with a simple walk through approach to the information you need to use.2020-12-0113 minPartners in Digital HealthHow Blockchain Can Improve Patient Outcomes & Reduce Healthcare CostsAhmed AbdullaDigipharm, Founder/CEO , Digipharm, and UN/CEFACT, UN Economic Commission for Europe | https://digipharm.chAhmed Abdulla is the Founder and CEO of Digipharm. Digipharm has developed the world's first blockchain-based smart contract platform for innovative pricing & value based reimbursement and the worlds first 'live' RWE repository that rewards patients for their contribution. He has also worked at the United Nations Economic Commission for blockchain healthcare related projects for Europe.2020-11-1920 minPartners in Digital HealthOperationalizing Intuition and GeniusJose ArrietaU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary,2020-11-1618 minPartners in Digital HealthIEEE-SA and BHTY Workgroup: Roadmap for Digitalizing Clinical TrialsTodd Eury (Moderator)Pharmacy Podcast Network, FounderWalter De Brouwerdoc.ai, CEO and FounderBasker GummadiBayer, Digital InnovationJohn D. HalamkaBeth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolAmar DasIBM Research, Director, Learning Health SystemsDigitalization of Clinical Trials from End-to-End – The Right Time is Now to Jump in - there are many hype words thrown around in the healthcare se...2020-11-1128 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain for Patient and HCP Data Rights Management: Lessons from an Enterprise InstallDominique HurleyHealthVerity, Vice President Innovation & StrategyPrivacy laws like GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have created a much more regulated environment in which enterprises need to operate in regards to consumer data permissions. Built on hyperledger fabric, HealthVerity Consent is an enterprise-level platform that allows organizations to aggregate and manage all existing touchpoints across the organization in one central location to comply with evolving privacy requirements.In this session we'll review what it took to deliver an enterprise blockchain installation where we drove business process change across departments and companies...2020-11-0618 minPartners in Digital HealthThe Write Stuff: Best Practices in Scientific Writing for Peer ReviewEllen McCarthyCadent Medical Communications, Managing DirectorJulia Saiz ShimosatoSyneos Health, SVPToday’s healthcare industry is unapologetically data-driven. From virtual biotech start-ups to big pharma and independent research agencies, making data available to the public, whether positive or negative, is an integral component of any research and development effort. Among all the means available for scientific communications, peer-reviewed publications remain the gold standard platform for the public release and vetting of biomedical data, from preclinical to advanced-stage clinical studies. And behind most effective peer-review communication strategies and efforts, there is...2020-11-0319 minPartners in Digital HealthTelemedicine and Digital Health to Improve the Value of Health CareOren MechanicBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Attending Physician, Emergency MedicineSession Description: Telehealth is a new health care delivery model that could provide significant value to patients and reshape the health care system. With the advent of digital health innovation, we have such an abundance of opportunities... the session will address the exciting future of connected medicine and the opportunities we have to make a global difference in patient care.2020-10-2917 minPartners in Digital HealthCut to the Chase: No Nonsense Guidelines for Blockchain StartupsJohn D. Halamka (Moderator), MD, MSBeth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolCees HespPharmAccess, Director mHealth Research Labs, PharmAccess Foundation, and Director, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), United Nations FoundationFlorence D. HudsonNortheast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation InternetGil Alterovitz, PhDHarvard Medical School, Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySession Description: RED FLAGS: evaluating a product's...2020-10-2726 minPartners in Digital HealthNetflixing Clinical Trials: How TeleHealth is Changing the Clinical Trial ForeverStan Kachnowski, HIT Lab, Columbia University, Chair, Health Information Policy & ManagementProfessor Stan Kachnowski, PhD MPA CSEP, an Oxford trained researcher, has taught over 5,000 students from Columbia University, IIT-Delhi, and Quinnipiac College. His teaching and research over the past 25 years includes educating graduate level and executive students on 4 continents and conducting extensive studies on the efficacy and diffusion of digital health, including electronic data capture, ePRO, wearables, and predictive algorithms.Professor Kachnowski has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and presentations for national and international journals and societies in digital health development, management, and diffusion. He was...2020-10-2016 minPartners in Digital HealthTokens & The Internet of Value: Blending Game Theory, Computer Science, Psychology, and EconomicsTom Savel (Moderator)CDC, Director, Informatics Innovation UnitKatherine KuzmeskasSimplyVital Health, Co-FounderChrissa McFarlanePatientory, Founder/CEOMihaela UlieruEndor.coin, Chief AlchemistTokenization is a fundamental and transformation feature enabled via a blockchain. Tokenization is the digital representation of a real-world or digital asset of value (e.g., health data, real estate, music, insurance, advertising, art). Once tokenized, assets can be easily and securely exchanged. Within the healthcare ecosystem, these digital assets can be used for many different purposes (incentivizing positive...2020-10-1422 minPartners in Digital HealthMUSC National Beacon of Telehealth Excellence: Case Use for Future DeploymentDee FordMedical University of South Carolina, Professor of MedicineKathryn King CristaldiMedical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of ExcellenceJames McElligottMedical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Medical Director for TelehealthIn 2017 MUSC was one of two academic health systems recognized by the federal government as a Telehealth Center of Excellence. The Health Resources and Services Administration gave MUSC this designation in recognition of MUSC’s expansive breadth and depth of telehealth services, most of which are in medically underserved areas of So...2020-10-0728 minPartners in Digital HealthCutting Pleasantries: Blasting a Clear Path Forward for a New Era in HealthcareTed Tanner (Moderator)PokitDok, Co-Founder, CTOMatt CunninghamSVP, Business Development, EvicoreErik PupoChief Information Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical CenteJay SalesCo-Director, VSP GlobalOver the past years many companies and pundits have discussed the adoption of distributed ledger technologies, aka blockchain for healthcare applications. This panel will discuss the juxtaposition of the so-called Health IT industry and the myriad of applications that would positively reduce friction between the provider and consumer. This improved interaction will also reduce costs and...2020-10-0545 minPartners in Digital HealthMaking Telehealth a Strategic Asset to Achieve EfficiencyBryan ArkwrightSchumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law, Managing Consultant / ProfessorJames EdwardsCloudbreak Health, LLC, CEO and Co-FounderJohn MattisonKaiser Permanente, Asst. Med. Dir. Chief Health Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Faculty, Singularity UniversityEfficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients...2020-09-3028 minPartners in Digital HealthPioneerism the Delaware Way: Blockchain Firsts in Business, Collaboration, Innovation, and Substantive ResultsVince AlbaneseHaven Health Solutions, CEOMark JacobsDelaware Health Information Network, Chief Information OfficerMark B. ThompsonMedical Society of Delaware, Executive DirectorRepresentatives from the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), and Haven Health Solutions will discuss the utilization of blockchain and a community-wide collaborative approach to solve the prior authorization problem that plagues physicians and patients in Delaware. The panel will share how they connected people, process, and technology in an innovative way to meet the needs of the patient...2020-09-2824 minPartners in Digital HealthImproving Healthcare Outcomes With Next Generation Internet (NGI): Global Case StudyShawnna HoffmanIBM, Global Cognitive Legal Co-Leader, Watson AI & Quantum Computing, Global CoCFlorence D. Hudson (Moderator)Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Special Advisor Next Generation InternetCarlo PirainoInternational Healthcare ConsultantAddresses the challenges and opportunities in improving healthcare outcomes with advanced technologies and Telehealth. From blockchain, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, and the next generation internet, we will discuss how advanced technologies can address the needs for personalized medicine, patient-centric healthcare, and leveraging the vast amount of data being captured today...2020-09-2325 minPartners in Digital HealthKeynote Address: Operationalizing Intuition and GeniusKeynote Address: Operationalizing Intuition and GeniusJose Arrieta, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Associate Deputy Assistant Secretaryhttps://hhs.gov/2020-09-2118 minPartners in Digital HealthThe Proliferation of Concierge Medicine Business Models in Value Based MedicineRajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorJay ParkinsonSherpaa, Founder & CEOSandeep PulimMedici MD, CIOIn a healthcare landscape that is increasingly shifting to value-based care, some patients are finding the amount of time their primary care physicians have for them dwindling and look for other methods of healthcare delivery to increase communication with their doctors. Many have turned to concierge medicine to address these problems. Here, patients pay an annual membership fee to be part of a concierge medicine model. Doctors will have fewer...2020-09-1730 minPartners in Digital HealthEarly Experiences with Blockchain and EHRsJohn D. HalamkaBeth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolRobert ChuEmbleema, CEO and CTOKeith HannaIPRD Solutions, Chief Executive OfficerKatherine KuzmeskasSimplyVital Health, Co-FounderDescription: Usability, product value, role of cryptocurrency, standards, and EHR integration plus lessons learned from Embleema Health Blockchain public launch use case to include patient usability, EMR format compliance, cysticfibrosis.com patient community feedback, and pharma feedback.2020-09-1429 minPartners in Digital HealthLeveraging Remote Patient Monitoring to Manage Chronic DiseaseRajiv Leventhal (Moderator)Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorMichael AdcockUMMC Center for Telehealth, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Executive Director, Center for TelehealthAbstractSession Description: Mississippi understands the challenges and costs of a patient population with chronic diseases. The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) Center for Telehealth has a mission to bridge the gaps in the healthcare delivery system in order to improve the health of all Mississippians. Telehealth is able to connect rural residents to the specialists at the larger tertiary centers in the state, th...2020-09-1027 minPartners in Digital HealthInnovation and Challenges with Decentralized Payments and Smart ContractsThe session will address what and who the stakeholders are in healthcare, and how smart contracts can be deployed in decentralized payment system in healthcare, types of platforms that can be deployed, the structure of private blockchains, what the best public platforms for smart contracts with payments are, and if scalable, technological limitations. In addition, best case implementations ,where smart contracts are deployed , specifically, with healthcare payments and reimbursements.Heather Flannery (Moderator), ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Leadhttps://consensys.net/Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and...2020-09-0923 minPartners in Digital HealthMaking the US a Telehealth Ready NationEfficiency is widely recognized as one of the most important concepts in economics and business, a generic definition from Knapp (1984) coins it as 'the allocation of scarce resources that maximizes the achievement of aims'. Organizations, hospitals, and health systems across the world have been implementing telehealth for their patients and employees with efficiency in mind. A variety of benefits and motivations for telehealth exist, this session explores the efficiencies realized (financial, clinical, operational, technical). Leading experts and senior leaders from UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, and Cloudbreak Health join this exciting panel to discuss how telehealth has become a strategic...2020-09-0318 minPartners in Digital HealthGrappling with Stigma and Celebrating Ingenuity with Failures and Negative DataHeather Flannery (Moderator), ConsenSys Health, Health Circle Global Leadhttps://consensys.net/Heather Leigh Flannery is the Health Circle Global Lead at ConsenSys and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in Q4 2018. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (blockchain in healthcare and life sciences) and serves as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force. Ms. Flannery is also an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, has served as Industry Faculty for...2020-09-0121 minPartners in Digital HealthConquering Innovation in TelehealthHow research and outcomes are linked to innovation presenting recent outcomes from a case use. Points of view from providers and innovators on patient care, science, and technology will be discussed. The ideation behind the XPRIZE and how the most successful solutions are created not from ingenuity, but from identifying legitimate market gaps are discussed.Rajiv Leventhal, (Moderator) - Healthcare Informatics, Managing EditorRajiv Leventhal is Managing Editor of Healthcare Informatics, covering healthcare IT leadership and strategy for the renowned, award-winning publication. Since 2012, he has been covering the daily impact of regulatory measures on Healthcare...2020-08-2926 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain for Value Based Metrics to Incent and Reward Customer BehaviorCristina DolaniXledger Technologies, Co-Founder & COOhttps://ixledger.com/Cristina Dolan is Co-Founder and COO of iXledger an alternative marketplace for insurance based on blockchain. As a former executive at a software company that offers award winning global multi-asset institutional trading solutions in the cloud, she is applying her knowledge of traditional marketplaces to the creation of next generation blockchain enabled marketplaces in combination with advanced technologies through digital transformation to create efficiencies and opportunities.Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest...2020-08-2720 minPartners in Digital HealthTelehealth Policy Debate: There is Greater Financial Value in Telehealth for Consumers than for ProvidersThe affirmative team provides a defense of the topic wording that can include parts or its entirety. They will offer an initial “case” in their opening presentation, rebuild it in their response by refuting the negative attacks and offer key final comparisons in their rebuttals. The negative team’s job is to disprove the affirmative thesis. Their initial presentation should poke holes in the initial affirmative presentation and outline any of their own proofs for their side. The negative response will point out the key points unanswered by the affirmative response and refute attacks on their proofs. Their...2020-08-2544 minPartners in Digital HealthUsing Blockchain for Managing Medical Records in Difficult Environments with Paul Snow | FactomUsing Blockchain for Managing Medical Records in Difficult Environments with Paul Snow | FactomPaul Snow, Factom, CEOhttps://factom.com/Paul Snow is the founder and CEO at Factom, the creator of the first blockchain technology built from the ground up, to solve real-world business problems. Paul’s innovative approach to software and application engineering has spawned a litany of inventive open-source companies and solutions that have paved the way for Factom. A true open-source evangelist, Paul also acts as Founder and Chief Architect for DTRules, a open source project he founded in 2004 to...2020-08-2010 minPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain Policy Debate Resolve: Blockchain is Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and SystemsBlockchain Policy Debate Resolve: Blockchain is Essential to Next Generation Healthcare Practice and SystemsWilliam Baker | New York University, Director, Global Debate FundBrian Behlendorf | Hyperledger, Executive DirectorJohn D. Halamka | Beth Israel Deaconess System, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTim Ken Mackey | UC San Diego, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Global Public HealthAmanda Stanhaus | University of Michigan, PhD Student2020-08-1846 min