Fierce Healthcare April 27, 2020
Heather Landi

Tech giant IBM is leveraging its expertise with blockchain technology to help address medical supply chain shortages due to COVID-19.

The company has launched a blockchain network, called Rapid Supplier Connect, to help government agencies and healthcare organizations more quickly identify and onboard alternative vendors of supplies and equipment.

The network helps to identify new, non-traditional suppliers who have pivoted to address the shortage of equipment, devices, and supplies. The network is based on IBM’s existing Trust Your Supplier Blockchain Network.

Rapid Supplier Connect is available at no cost until August 31, 2020, to qualified buyers and suppliers in the U.S. and Canada, the company said.

Suppliers and buyers currently joining the network include several major New York...

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