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Pushing the Boundaries An introduction and discussion on blockchain and how this technology could impact healthcare Dr Michael Costello Dr Robert Laidlaw General Manager Healthdirect Australia Founder of Secure Health Chain Dr Ian Graham Prof


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Pushing the Boundaries

Dr Michael Costello General Manager Healthdirect Australia

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 30/07/2018

An introduction and discussion on blockchain and how this technology could impact healthcare Dr Ian Graham Director of Professional Affairs at Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Dr Robert Laidlaw Founder of Secure Health Chain Prof Trish Williams Cisco Chair and Professor of Digital Health Systems

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What is Blockchain

‘…..Blockchain is not the thing. It is the thing that enables the thing….’

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What is Blockchain? (con’t)

  • Mathematical construct….made famous / infamous by

Bitcoin

  • Database….distributed ledger
  • Immutable….once content is in it cannot be changed
  • Compute platform….can run code to execute contracts
  • Many different implementations
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What is Blockchain? (con’t)

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What does it look like?

  • http://ethviewer.live
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Blockchain are not standalone…it is not the thing!

UI for humans IoT integration Auxiliary databases Legacy systems Key management private data BIG DATA Blockchain is a component

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Public and Private Blockchains

  • Public – permission-less…anyone can read or write to the ledger
  • Private – permissioned….participants have permission to update

the ledger

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Possibilities

Transportation Health Records Digital- Currencies and Test Payments Energy Testing welfare Payments Registries Land Titles Supply Chain Provenance Voting

Taxation

Government Engagement with Citizens Industry Creation

Potential….

Jane Thomason, CEO