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Women in Blockchain: Making a Difference in Healthcare through Distributed Ledger Technology
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Women in Blockchain: Making a Difference in Healthcare through Distributed Ledger Technology
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What you'll learn
As blockchain technology grows within the healthcare setting, the industry has seen numerous initiatives arise to apply blockchain technology to healthcare use cases. What we also have seen is the growth of another male-dominated industry, coined by the industry as the “blockchain bros”. In this webinar, we will hear from three women who have established themselves as influential thought-leaders working with blockchain technology. Join us to learn about their journey through this industry and hear how their work is influencing blockchain technology’s positive impact on healthcare.
This session will:
- Share experiences that lead to a blockchain career in the healthcare setting.
- Discuss the challenges of breaking into a male-dominated field.
- Describe how their areas of focus are improving the delivery of care.
Chrissa McFarlane
Founder and CEO
Patientory, Inc.
Bio info: Named as one of the top women, “leaving their mark on the MedTech field in health IT,” by Becker’s Hospital...
Named as one of the top women, “leaving their mark on the MedTech field in health IT,” by Becker’s Hospital Review, Chrissa McFarlane is the Founder and CEO of Patientory, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta. McFarlane founded Patientory in December 2015 after seeing the need in the market for more personalized and secure consumer-driven health information management solutions.
Chrissa aims to disrupt the status quo in the world of female minority entrepreneurship. Her latest book Future Women is part of her initiative to empower and create a new story for minority women.
Aside from giving minority women a leg up in their business journey, Chrissa is passionate about transforming healthcare delivery and creating cutting-edge healthcare products.
Emily Vaughn
Blockchain Product Development Director
Change Healthcare
Bio info: Emily Vaughn oversees Change Healthcare’s blockchain development and integration strategy. Prior to joining Change...
Emily Vaughn oversees Change Healthcare’s blockchain development and integration strategy. Prior to joining Change Healthcare, Emily assisted startups, small business, and enterprise companies cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption. She worked across many markets, retail / ecommerce, healthcare, insurance, and finance.
Emily served as the head of business development at Gem, a blockchain development company in Los Angeles. While there, she architected a global marketing initiative to segment the blockchain industry. She was responsible for the design of a consultative sales strategy for enterprise blockchain development, bringing Philips, Capital One, Mercer, Tieto, the Centers for Disease Control and others to the blockchain market.
Heather Flannery
Co-Founder
Blockchain in Healthcare Global, IEE ISTO
Bio info: Heather Flannery is a Co-Founder of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association...
Heather Flannery is a Co-Founder of Blockchain in Healthcare Global ("BiHG"), a new 501(c)6 trade association organized under the IEEE ISTO launching in August, 2018, FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force, an Innovation Fellow at EP3 Foundation, and an active consultant and speaker.
Prior to BiHG, she founded and led Obesity Prevention, Policy, and Management, Inc. ("Obesity PPM"), an innovative provider of disease management, population health, research administration, and information technology managed services for health systems in the Americas, and an early adopter of distributed ledger technology.
Mari Greenberger
Senior Director, Informatics
HIMSS
Bio info: Mari Greenberger is the Director of Informatics for HIMSS, a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization...
Mari Greenberger is the Director of Informatics for HIMSS, a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology. In this role she leads all Health Information Exchange (HIE), standards, and interoperability leading to information exchange activities, resources, initiatives, and strategies for HIMSS.
In 2017, Greenberger received the honor of being named one of Association Forum and USAE’s Forty Under 40®.
Details

Event Type : On Demand
Date : Sep 27, 2018 11:00 AM CT
Collection Cost : Complimentary
Credits : CPHIMS, CAHIMS
Speaker(s) : Chrissa McFarlane, Emily Vaughn, Heather Flannery, Mari Greenberger
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