Stewart Southey, Contributor

With all the headlines these days being occupied by news of COVID-19, it is possible you may have missed an important ray of light shining out of Estonia this past week.

Prescription drugs are dangerous and coordination is required to reduce harm. With much potential for misuse and error, can distributed ledger technology make medicines safer?

Are medical wearable devices simply for personal use, or can humanity benefit too? In a world of surveillance capitalism, can we find ways to share the proceeds from the new gold that is data?

Blockchain-enabled asset tokenisation presents new investment opportunities with global reach. Will healthcare finance be transformed by this innovative mechanism?

As FAGA companies continue their advance into the healthcare space, can blockchain technology bind stakeholders together to trust one another enough to compete with the incumbents? What factors aid their success and what business models make the differ…

Supply Chains contribute significantly to the cost of healthcare. Can blockchains revive this core function for the benefit of all?

Private keys and Identity are the Achilles heel of blockchain. Getting it wrong in healthcare can have devastating consequences.

Is there evidence that blockchains are good for health? Can we evaluate the technology in the same way we measure other treatment modalities?