U.S. Gov’t Announces Blockchain Healthcare Contest

[jamie.redman1]

It seems the U.S. government is going all in on blockchain technology, as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just announced its distributed ledger contest that applies the technology to healthcare services.

The contest — called the “Blockchain and Its Emerging Role in Healthcare and Health-related Research,” created by HHS — started accepting registrants on June 20th, with a deadline for application ending July 29th. The goal is to have participants create white papers on the topic of blockchain technology and its use cases within the healthcare industry.

https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government- ... ealthcare/

[iFixBTCmemoryIssues]

It seems the U.S. government is going all in on blockchain technology, as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just announced its distributed ledger contest that applies the technology to healthcare services.

The contest — called the “Blockchain and Its Emerging Role in Healthcare and Health-related Research,” created by HHS — started accepting registrants on June 20th, with a deadline for application ending July 29th. The goal is to have participants create white papers on the topic of blockchain technology and its use cases within the healthcare industry.

https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government- ... ealthcare/

Can't they just ring up Blockstream for this?

[BTCpoker#1]

The article really doesn't go into much detail on why blockchain tech. could help the health care industry, and whether it is even the most viable way to prevent "hackers" and "fraudulent activity". Someone correct me if I'm wrong.