Technology Innovate Launches Blockchain Contest to Promote Innovation in Healthcare

Technology Innovate promotes novel innovations in effort to accelerate change in the healthcare industry. This new competition invites evidence based submissions of original research focused on distributed ledger technologies that transformation and disrupt ecosystem inefficiency to tackle societal issues impacting health consumers worldwide. The contest was created to nurture and groom innovators, researchers and young minds in the sector.

The purpose of the competition is to stimulate innovation and best practices in healthcare through technology. Judges expect submissions will include new blockchain architectures and applications for a trusted and personalized approach to medicine in health systems around the globe.

The contest creator, Prasad Kothari stated “Similar to any other technology life cycle which starts with excitement around pilots, hype, buzzwords & marketing jargon that settle into mature scaled operations,  the hype cycle of blockchain for healthcare is over and I foresee the new era of scaled blockchain applications beginning now.”

The contest is affiliated with the recently announced ConVerge2Xcelerate (#ConV2X) annual health modernization and impact event. Six judges will review manuscripts to determine eligibility for publication in a Special Issue of Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) open-access international peer-review journal.

“Covid-19 has accelerated digitization. I hope this challenge will shape and support the digital transformation of healthcare. I look forward to the submissions and hope that many healthcare professionals will be inspired by the ideas submitted,” Marloes Pomp

International Strategy at Dutch Blockchain Coalition & National AI Coalition, Netherlands.

Experts from around the globe judging submissions include:
HELEN DISNEY, CEO, Unblocked
PRASAD KOTHARI, Healthcare Technology and AI Leader
MARLOES POMP, International Strategy at Dutch Blockchain Coalition & National AI Coalition, Netherlands
JOHN RUSSO JR., MS, PHARMD, Managing Editor, Blockchain in Healthcare Today
DANIELTING, MD, PHD, Consultant, Surgical Retina, Singapore National Eye Center; Clinical Lead, AI in Ophthalmology, Singapore; Eye Research Institute, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Professor, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China
INGRID VASILIU-FELTES, MD MBA, Chief Quality and Innovation Officer, MEDNAX Healthcare Solutions

 

Daniel Ting, MD, PhD, is excited to judge entries encouraging the ecosystem to say “No to Hype,” and harness the power of blockchain to enhance digital technology applications in healthcare.

Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, MD, MBA stated “telemedicine and blockchain are two key drivers of healthcare transformation in the digital era. Through knowledge sharing, education and promoting innovation we can all contribute to redesigning and reshaping the healthcare system of the future. It is my distinct honor to participate as a judge in this contest as I believe in supporting innovation and creativity that can optimize global health”

 

For contest details including awards and prizes, please visit Technology Innovate Distributed Ledger Contest at https://www.technologyinnovate.com/index 

For questions about the contest please contact info@technologyinnovate.com