TechRepublic April 28, 2020
IBM’s new blockchain project was created in three weeks to help meet the emergency medical supply needs caused by the coronavirus crisis.
With protective masks, ventilators and other vital health care equipment in critically short supply, a growing number of clothing and consumer goods manufacturing companies are temporarily pivoting to make and supply masks and other needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. But that creates another problem – since those companies are not known as medical device suppliers, there’s no easy way for hospitals, governmental agencies and health care organizations to quickly find these alternative suppliers so they can securely and efficiently buy the newly-available items.
That’s where a new blockchain project from IBM can help. The nascent...
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