IEEE: Bringing Together Blockchain, Healthcare and Emerging Technology

What is it about blockchain technology that compels us to want to break the business process norm and collaborate with competitors with the goal of positively transforming healthcare?

Maria Palombini, a blockchain enthusiast and Director of Emerging Communities & Initiatives Development for the IEEE Standards Association, will answer that question in this informative live webinar. She is the founder of DisruptiveRx, an information gateway addressing the critical need for pharmaceutical and life sciences executives to connect innovation with business strategy to re-think the pharmaceutical value chain. As an accomplished leader and public speaker, Palombini brings passion to the conversation of "changing the status quo" through adopting key emerging technologies.

Learning points in this discussion will include:

What blockchain technology can do
How blockchain solves fundamental challenges in the security, privacy, distribution of data generated out of the healthcare ecosystem
How it can play a significant role in optimizing, reducing fraud, costs & waste in the healthcare industry
Security, policy, cultural, technical and global considerations
Where consensus-driven technical standards and guidance will enable effective and accepted adoption of the technology
Getting involved: pre/standards, initiative-building and educational activities with the IEEE and HIMSS

Maria Palombini

Director, Emerging Communities & Initiatives Development, Global Business Strategy & Intelligence
IEEE Standards Association

Bio info: In 2017, Maria Palombini joined IEEE-SA with a directive to build networks of tech innovators, researchers and...

In 2017, Maria Palombini joined IEEE-SA with a directive to build networks of tech innovators, researchers and corporate executives who share a common goal of developing standards to advance adoption of emerging technologies into their enterprise. Her work includes building a community of tech innovators, business executives, academics and industry advocates to provide education on the benefits and challenges with blockchain while collaborating to develop standards to advance adoption. Her primary sectors of focus include pharma, health, energy, and agriculture. In parallel to her work in blockchain standards, she is project lead for IEEE-SA’s newest initiative, Digital Inclusion through Trust and Agency, a critical program focused on restoring dignity to digital citizen/identity for the global community including the underserved.

In 2015, Maria left Euromoney Plc, one of the world’s leading information and event producers.

She founded DisruptiveRx, an information company that produces written and in-person educational programs and bring pragmatic attention on breakthrough innovations that transform life sciences and healthcare enterprise operations.

Maria holds an MBA from the Rutgers Graduate School of Business and a BA and BS from Rutgers College at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.

She is an accomplished leader and public speaker having presented at various industry events.

You can follow her on twitter @DisruptiveRx or on LinkedIn.com/in/mpalombini.

Mike Miliard

Moderator
HIMSS Media

Bio info: Mike Miliard is Editor of Healthcare IT News. Mike covers topics such as health information exchange, privacy and...

Mike Miliard is Editor of Healthcare IT News. Mike covers topics such as health information exchange, privacy and security, analytics, ICD-10 and is responsible for overall coverage decisions.Mike will be the moderator for this webinar.