Pushing the Boundaries An introduction and discussion on blockchain - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 Trish Williams Director of Professional Affairs at Australian and Cisco Chair and Professor of Digital Health New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Systems 30/07/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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

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

What is Blockchain? ( con’t ) 4

What does it look like? • http://ethviewer.live

Blockchain are not standalone…it is not the thing! Legacy systems UI for humans Key management Blockchain is a component BIG DATA Auxiliary private IoT databases data integration

Public and Private Blockchains • Public – permission-less … anyone can read or write to the ledger • Private – permissioned … .participants have permission to update the ledger 7

Possibilities Jane Thomason, CEO Registries Land Titles Testing welfare Payments Transportation Energy Health Records Digital- Potential…. Currencies and Test Payments Supply Chain Provenance Government Taxation Voting Industry Creation Engagement with Citizens