Blockchain for Healthcare: Real-World Use Cases and Opportunities

Daina is a co-founder of Epidaurus Health, a startup in Northern Virginia that has been working on building a blockchain-driven SaaS for optimizing pharmacy prior authorizations between private payers and health systems. Prior to leading Epidaurus, Daina worked as a data science consultant for clients in financial risk management in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a background in information science.

Darryl is a veteran of public health leadership and healthcare system design. During 2012, he worked on the rollout and implementation of the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare which provided health insurance coverage for over 10M people. As a speaker, his focus was on explaining to policymakers, trade groups and business owners the different plans, costs, and rules under the ACA’s Small Business Health Option Program (SHOP). He currently works at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He is an outspoken advocate of Blockchain as the technology capable of bringing true interoperability, stronger privacy protection, savings and choice to the healthcare system. He has held senior position in the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He holds an MS in Healthcare Systems and MBA from the University of San Francisco. He is also an Army combat veteran and in 2007 was awarded the Bronze Star.

ConsenSys Health’s vice president for Population Health & Social Impact, Pierre has spent more than two decades in non-profits, government, academia, consulting, and for-profit settings. Holding both medical and public health degrees from Johns Hopkins, his primary expertise is in population health strategies informed by time in public health practice, community health engagement, and operations management. He brings a health equity-focused approach to all his work, and currently resides in Philadelphia with his family.