Leverage blockchain technology to improve public health

Blockchain as an emerging technology is increasingly viewed as a gamer changer in the data exchange process in our ever-connected world. Through a scalable and decentralized data sharing ecosystem, Blockchain technology is steadily bringing peace in minds; enabling organizations to work together with more trust.

In effect, by keeping an audit trail of all transactions on an unalterable distributed ledger, blockchain technology establishes accountability and transparency in the data exchange process. 

IBM and the FDA will explore how a blockchain framework can potentially provide benefits to public health by supporting important use cases for information exchange across a wide variety of data types, including clinical trials and “real world” evidence data.