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biht-20	Clauson, Kevin A.; Breeden, Elizabeth A.; Davidson, Cameron; Mackey, Timothy K.	Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Management in Healthcare:: An exploration of challenges and opportunities in the health supply chain	2018	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4944	266	40	Numerous efforts to protect supply chains in the broader context of all commodities and goods have been undertaken, including the United States (US) National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security1, which is a White House initiative to: “promote efficient and secure services” and “foster resilience”.1,2 While this federal strategy on supply chain security is important for any industry, a compromised supply chain in healthcare is of particular importance as it can result in a number of failures in healthcare delivery that directly impact patient safety and health outcomes. Selected companies exploring blockchain for health supply chain management Company Features Website Block Verify Extending anti-counterfeit solutions from luxury valuables to medications http://www.blockverify.io Chronicled Partnered with The LinkLab for a blockchain- supported DSCSA compliance platform https://www.chronicled.com IBM Blockchain Early work with supply chain management in food products with multiple partners https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/supply- chain FarmaTrust UK org developing blockchain solution for pharmaceutical supply chain, Initial Coin Offering (ICO) primarily for European market https://www.farmatrust.com iSolve Advanced Digital Ledger Technology, BlockRx ICO primarily for U.S. market http://isolve.io Modum Blend of blockchain and sensors, MOD token Initial Token Offering (ITO) http://modum.io OriginTrail Recognized by Walmart Food Safety, partnered with Yimishiji; TRAC token https://origintrail.io Provenance UK org starting with chain-of-custody for food; positioned to extend https://www.provenance.org T-Mining Belgians partnered with NxtPort for container shipping; adaptable tech http://t-mining.be The LinkLab Knowledge resource, development partner, partnered with Chronicled http://www.thelinklab.com VeChain Combining blockchain and IoT; food/drug forays in roadmap; VEN/VET token https://www.vechain.com Walton Early phase to use RFID and IoT; goals to scale to business ecosystem; WTC token https://www.waltonchain.org DSCSA: Drug Supply Chain Security Act, IoT: Internet of Things, RFID:	cache/biht-20.pdf	txt/biht-20.txt