Topic Archives: Blockchain

June 27, 2019 - Announcements, Biotech, Blockchain, Corporate + Venture Capital, Medical Devices + Diagnostics, Pharma, Privacy + Data Security, United States

Morrison & Foerster Hosts 2nd Annual Blockchain Healthcare Summit

By: Kristen J. Mathews, Spencer D. Klein, Dario de Martino, Jonathan Bockman, and Tracy A. Bacigalupo

Five Morrison & Foerster attorneys recently participated in the 2nd Annual Blockchain Healthcare Summit in our New York City office, and provided an overview of the current state of the industry, including a discussion of blockchain-enabled applications for compliance, privacy, practitioner credentialing, patient medical …›

May 16, 2019 - Announcements, Blockchain, United States

Second Annual Blockchain Healthcare Summit

By: Spencer D. Klein, Susan I. Gault-Brown, Dario de Martino, Jonathan Bockman, and Kristen J. Mathews

The industry leading Blockchain Healthcare Summit is returning to New York City on June 13. Now in its second year, the Summit offers a research-based program addressing opportunities to incorporate blockchain technology to increase efficiency, transparency, and security for the healthcare industry. Through a series of …›

February 5, 2019 - Biotech, Blockchain, Privacy + Data Security, United States

Transforming the U.S. Healthcare Industry with Blockchain Technology

By: Dario de Martino, Spencer D. Klein, Julie O'Neill, Yiyang Huang, and Mary Race

Patients accumulate vast quantities of healthcare data over the course of their lives. Those data are generally housed in centralized servers operated by various unrelated industry participants, including government regulators and payors, insurance carriers, hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. Unfortunately, those repositories rely on …›