HIMSS20: Improving smart contract security in the healthcare supply chain

Healthcare Finance News April 7, 2020
Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare organizations should enter into smart contracts with their eyes open and take steps to ensure the mitigation of risk.

From a technological standpoint, supply chain data and processes are undergoing an evolution. They are making the transition from enterprise and manufacturing resource planning systems to the cloud.

Smart contracts, which have received a lot of renewed focus due to their integration into specific blockchain technologies, provide vehicles for organizations to augment their existing data exchange while utilizing it to provide even more business value.

But in a digital HIMSS20 session, Mitchell Parker, Chief Information Security Officer for Indiana University Health, cautioned that healthcare organizations should enter into smart contracts with their eyes wide open, and take steps to ensure...

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