“A Department of Health and Human Services pilot program that uses blockchain and machine learning to streamline the way it buys products and services is yielding positive initial results, according to HHS Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Jose L. Arrieta.”
“Speaking at an Oct. 12 government technology conference organized by the General Services Administration’s Emerging Citizen Technology Office, Arrieta told attendees he predicts the tool, known as Accelerate, will receive authority to operate by Thanksgiving. If Accelerate gets the go-ahead from HHS’s risk management team, it could become the first-ever fully operational blockchain project fielded by a U.S. federal agency…”
“Accelerate is essentially a decentralized data platform that…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS to Deploy Blockchain Tool by Thanksgiving, Official Says – By Chris Cornillie, October 19, 2018. Bloomberg.
