“Despite the recent buzz and hype, blockchain technology isn’t some brand-new, shiny thing in government. In fact, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has since 2016 held a blockchain challenge for submitting papers on how the tech can address the security and scalability challenges of managing electronic health records.”
“We really would be looking to industry to surface use cases for us,” said Charles Worthington, chief technology officer for the Veterans Affairs Department. “I think we’re going to be coming to industry with problems we have, and if you think blockchain is an appropriate solution, bring it to us.”
“VA’s main problems that correlate to the internet of things and blockchain are interoperability and the sharing of health information between entities, according to Worthington….”
“So, I’m sort of interested in, what is the DevOps of blockchain?” Worthington said, referring to a “new movement” that hasn’t yet been thought of, but that the new underlying technologies could unlock. That’s where the value is.” …
Source: Veterans Affairs’ Skeptical Approach to Blockchain – By Amanda Ziadeh, January 17, 2018. GovCIO. Read the full article here.
