[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Bitcoin tech applied to clinical trial documents

[John Hopkins]

On 17/May/16 21:30, ruth catlow wrote:
> If it becomes a way for researchers to prove the integrity of their results.

I really don't think any 'protocol' will mitigate the problems of greed and 
dishonesty in the face of competitive pressures on/within the health care system 
-- at least in the US -- the honesty of clinical trials is probably the least 
problematic manifestation of the corruption in the entire politico-economic 
system these days. Not to mention a protocol over and above the protocols 
already in place.

The complexity of Blockchain is so far beyond medical folks -- the US is 
struggling to get it's health care records system digital (just broke 50% of 
physicians now using digital record-keeping). And in the areas that are 
advanced, because of 'market competition' systems don't talk to each other. And 
when I say digital records, this only means that an actual doctor's office is 
not paper-based, it is not a 'national' system where the records can be accessed 
in any way outside the Drs office -- cross-compatability is last on the list for 
competing vendors selling their 'complete packages' of digital solutions. For 
example, I was at an opthamologist's office for a check up on a corneal abrasion 
(wasn't wearing my eye-protection for an hour when doing construction work!)... 
I was asking him about this issue as his office is largely digital, but the 
machine ($$$$$$!) that does digital eye-scans has been rendered useless because 
the protocol of one machine can't talk to another, so the digital files 
generated can't be accessed!

Maybe Trump will impose a wide-scale 'national socialism' dictatorship that will 
fix all these problems, nationalizing all industry, harmonizing all protocols 
and standards, and impose the death penalty to medical researchers who futz with 
their data!

;-]

Optimism? I've got optimism, pot may be legalized in Arizona. & already is in 
Colorado, etc. Oh, but wait, the pharmaco's are *real* interested in all the 
greenbacks coming from that, too ...

same old same old.

jh

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