Standards Committee: EMB Standards Committee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Standards Committee Chair: Carole C. Carey c.carey@ieee.org
Title: P2418.6, Standard for the Framework of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Blockchain Use in Healthcare and the Life and Social Sciences
Scope: This standard provides a common framework for distributed ledger technology (DLT) usage, implementation, and interaction in healthcare and the life and social sciences, addressing scalability, security and privacy challenges. DLT tokens, smart contracts, transactions, assets, networks, off-chain data storage and access architectural patterns, and both permissioned and permission-less DLT are included in the framework.
Policies and Procedures:
WG Officers
Chair
Heather Flannery, heather.flannery@consensyshealth.com
Vice Chair
Kevin Clauson, kevin.clauson@lipscomb.edu
Secretary
John Greaves, rfid6602@sbcglobal.net
Open Source Liaison
Jonathan Holt, DO, MS, FACMG, jonathan@transendx.com
Staff Liaison
Tom Thompson, thomas.thompson@ieee.org