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Susan Ramonat

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Blockchain and AI and IoT, OH MY!   “Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly.”  -- Vitalik Buterin, co-founder Ethereum and Bitcoin Magazine   According to our friends at Proto, IDC Health predicts that blockchain adoption in health care will increase eightfold by 2022. Yet for now, it remains a technology in its infancy, and one recent survey of health care organizations found that only 6% were building blockchain programs and just 3% had pilot programs underway. Nearly two in five weren’t doing anything at all.   “it’s pretty confusing, right?" slick-to-the-touch banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) asks in voiceover not far into The Big Short. "Does it make you feel bored? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to. Wall Street loves to use confusing terms to make you think only they can do what they do. Or even better, for you to just leave them the #@&amp;% alone:  -- Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling);  The Big Short, 2015   Does the cybersecurity industry do that to you?   Do we set up in these vocabulary word protected forts in order to unnerve you to the point that you doing really understand anything other than the fact that ALL YOUR DATA IS AT RISK AND ONLY WE CAN SAVE YOU   What if I told you that there are plainspoken people involved in some of the most esoteric aspects of security who really WANT you to understand what is happening and why some magical technology might provide a better solution   What if she used plain language to explain some very bleeding edge technology?   Spiritus CEO Susan Ramonat joins Matt Stephenson this week to talk about the role of Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain in securing healthcare data   About Susan Ramonat  Susan Ramonat is the CEO of Spiritus, where she draws upon 25 years of executive experience in enterprise sales, product management, technology strategy, corporate development, operational risk management, and cybersecurity.   She is a strategic ground-breaker with a historical sensibility. In her work, Susan brings an understanding of context, contingency and uncertainty to bear with humility and pragmatism to inform decisions and promote a recognizably human, desirable future.   She speaks frequently at industry conferences and universities about DLT/blockchain, artificial intelligence, IoT and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.  Susan serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Loyola University Chicago and is an Industry Associate at UCL Blockchain Centre of Excellence. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University.   About Spiritus    Spiritus (@SpiritusPtrs) is delivering ground-breaking transparency and analytics about the safety and condition of medical devices at the point of care.   With Spiritus, health systems, manufacturers and 3rd party service providers connect the dots across a medical device's operating life cycle. In a shared middle ground, they agree on a single service history… for life, using multi-party consensus.    Based in Exton, PA with a development center in Edinburgh, Scotland, Spiritus is raising the bar for governance, risk and compliance at leading health systems in the process of digitally-enabling their clinical operations.   About Matt Stephenson    Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of InSecurity podcast and  video series at events all over the world.   Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come   Every week on InSecurity, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line.   Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at  ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts,  Apple Podcasts and  GooglePlay as well as  Spotify,  Stitcher, SoundCloud,  I Heart Radio and wherever you get your podcasts!   Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

Blockchain and AI and IoT, OH MY! “Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly.”  -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vitalik Buterin</a>, co-founder <a href="https://ethereum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ethereum</a> and <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bitcoin Magazine</a> According to our friends at <a href="http://protomag.com/articles/what-blockchain-could-do" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Proto</a>, IDC Health predicts that blockchain adoption in health care will increase eightfold by 2022. Yet for now, it remains a technology in its infancy, and one recent survey of health care organizations found that only 6% were building blockchain programs and just 3% had pilot programs underway. Nearly two in five weren’t doing anything at all. “it’s pretty confusing, right?" slick-to-the-touch banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) asks in voiceover not far into The Big Short. "Does it make you feel bored? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to. Wall Street loves to use confusing terms to make you think only they can do what they do. Or even better, for you to just leave them the #@&amp;% alone:  -- Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling); <a href="https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-big-short" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Big Short</a>, 2015 Does the cybersecurity industry do that to you? Do we set up in these vocabulary word protected forts in order to unnerve you to the point that you doing really understand anything other than the fact that ALL YOUR DATA IS AT RISK AND ONLY WE CAN SAVE YOU What if I told you that there are plainspoken people involved in some of the most esoteric aspects of security who really WANT you to understand what is happening and why some magical technology might provide a better solution What if she used plain language to explain some very bleeding edge technology? Spiritus CEO Susan Ramonat joins Matt Stephenson this week to talk about the role of Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain in securing healthcare data About Susan Ramonat Susan Ramonat is the CEO of Spiritus, where she draws upon 25 years of executive experience in enterprise sales, product management, technology strategy, corporate development, operational risk management, and cybersecurity. She is a strategic ground-breaker with a historical sensibility. In her work, Susan brings an understanding of context, contingency and uncertainty to bear with humility and pragmatism to inform decisions and promote a recognizably human, desirable future. She speaks frequently at industry conferences and universities about DLT/blockchain, artificial intelligence, IoT and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Susan serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Loyola University Chicago and is an Industry Associate at UCL Blockchain Centre of Excellence. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University. About Spiritus <a href="https://www.spirituspartners.com/welcome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spiritus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SpiritusPtrs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(@SpiritusPtrs</a>) is delivering ground-breaking transparency and analytics about the safety and condition of medical devices at the point of care. With Spiritus, health systems, manufacturers and 3rd party service providers connect the dots across a medical device's operating life cycle. In a shared middle ground, they agree on a single service history… for life, using multi-party consensus.  Based in Exton, PA with a development center in Edinburgh, Scotland, Spiritus is raising the bar for governance, risk and compliance at leading health systems in the process of digitally-enabling their clinical operations. About Matt Stephenson Insecurity Podcast host <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/packmatt73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Stephenson</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/packmatt73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@packmatt73</a>) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of <a href="https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/category/podcasts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InSecurity podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CylanceInc/search?view_as=subscriber&amp;query=Matt+Stephenson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> video series</a> at events all over the world. Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come Every week on InSecurity, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line. Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at <a href="https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/category/podcasts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/insecurity/id1260714697?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ipudd6ommmgdsboen7rjd2lvste" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> GooglePlay</a> as well as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7qUp6uGXoshmBKHYJlXBtb?si=YYeiQ5lhQCeo5DvzAsSh-Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/insecurity-podcast/insecurity-with-matt-stephenson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-592903481/tracks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-insecurity-29945330/episodes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I Heart Radio</a> and wherever you get your podcasts! 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Susan Ramonat: Wait… Blockchain in Healthcare?

Health Unchained LinksWebsite: healthunchained.orgTelegram: t.me/healthunchainedTwitter: twitter.com/HealthunchaindBert's Blockchain/Healthcare Newsletter: bert.substack.comSpiritus Partners Homepage: spirituspartners.comSusan Ramonat, CEO of Spiritus Partners, a startup building technology that could disrupt the way health systems, device manufacturers, and 3rd party service providers work together to ensure better safety, cybersecurity, compliance, and tracking of medical devices. •Susan- Introduction/Background•Connect the Dots Newsletter - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sramonat•Current state of the Economy and Fintech developments•Origins of Spiritus Partners – based in Exton,PA, Development center in Edinburgh, scotland•What problems do your prospects have that your business solves?•Medical Device supply chain and operating life of devices•Why blockchain in healthcare?•CMMS: Computerized maintenance management system•Medical IoMT devices ecosystemoStakeholders- manufacturers, healthcare establishments, 3rd party servicers•Quality management systems•Growing resale market for developing nations •Safety, sterility, and reliability of devices•Working with the National Health Service•Technical specifications (architecture) of Spiritus PartnersoData privacy &amp; Encryption securityoM2M technologyoIdentity verificationoData storageoShift from Ethereum to Hyperledger •Minimum Viable Consortium •Three blockchain Layers: 1. Multi-party consensus 2. Smart contracts (Business logic) 3. Tokenization •Business model- how do you make money?•Real world evidence Innovation•Commercial Partners and concept traction •Company RoadmapoOpen jobs in Edinburgh•Platform Engineer•Lead Analytics Engineer•UX Lead•Personal QuestionsoIf you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? FingernailoFavorite book - Reflections on the Revolution in France pamphlet by Edmund BurkeoFamous role model  - Robert Frost (poet)News Corner:https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/google-ascension-project-nightingale-emergent-medical-data.htmlA big headline in the last couple weeks was the revelation of Project Nightingale, Google’s somewhat secret deal with the largest non-profit health system in the United States, Ascension. In 2018, Google gained access to over 50 million people’s medical records spanning 21 states. Google plans to use this data to generate emergent medical data, which can be used to predict people’s health without their actual health data, they can use less sensitive consumer data to glean insight about a person’s health. Google states that it will use all this data to support improvements in clinical quality and patient safety. I do think we need a solution to fundamentally change the way data is treated, especially for consent management and data ownership. I think that eventually DLT will create new models that will allow emergent medical data insights to be generated that satisfies the demands of all participating stakeholders, including the patient.

Health Unchained Links Website: <a href="http://healthunchained.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">healthunchained.org</a> Telegram: <a href="http://t.me/healthunchained" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">t.me/healthunchained</a> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/Healthunchaind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Healthunchaind</a> Bert's Blockchain/Healthcare Newsletter: <a href="http://bert.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bert.substack.com</a> Spiritus Partners Homepage: <a href="http://spirituspartners.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spirituspartners.com</a> Susan Ramonat, CEO of Spiritus Partners, a startup building technology that could disrupt the way health systems, device manufacturers, and 3rd party service providers work together to ensure better safety, cybersecurity, compliance, and tracking of medical devices. •Susan- Introduction/Background •Connect the Dots Newsletter - <a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sramonat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sramonat</a> •Current state of the Economy and Fintech developments •Origins of Spiritus Partners – based in Exton,PA, Development center in Edinburgh, scotland •What problems do your prospects have that your business solves? •Medical Device supply chain and operating life of devices •Why blockchain in healthcare? •CMMS: Computerized maintenance management system •Medical IoMT devices ecosystem oStakeholders- manufacturers, healthcare establishments, 3rd party servicers •Quality management systems •Growing resale market for developing nations •Safety, sterility, and reliability of devices •Working with the National Health Service •Technical specifications (architecture) of Spiritus Partners oData privacy &amp; Encryption security oM2M technology oIdentity verification oData storage oShift from Ethereum to Hyperledger •Minimum Viable Consortium •Three blockchain Layers: 1. Multi-party consensus 2. Smart contracts (Business logic) 3. Tokenization •Business model- how do you make money? •Real world evidence Innovation •Commercial Partners and concept traction •Company Roadmap oOpen jobs in Edinburgh •Platform Engineer •Lead Analytics Engineer •UX Lead •Personal Questions oIf you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? Fingernail oFavorite book - Reflections on the Revolution in France pamphlet by Edmund Burke oFamous role model - Robert Frost (poet) News Corner: <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/google-ascension-project-nightingale-emergent-medical-data.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/google-ascension-project-nightingale-emergent-medical-data.html</a> A big headline in the last couple weeks was the revelation of Project Nightingale, Google’s somewhat secret deal with the largest non-profit health system in the United States, Ascension. In 2018, Google gained access to over 50 million people’s medical records spanning 21 states. Google plans to use this data to generate emergent medical data, which can be used to predict people’s health without their actual health data, they can use less sensitive consumer data to glean insight about a person’s health. Google states that it will use all this data to support improvements in clinical quality and patient safety. I do think we need a solution to fundamentally change the way data is treated, especially for consent management and data ownership. I think that eventually DLT will create new models that will allow emergent medical data insights to be generated that satisfies the demands of all participating stakeholders, including the patient.

Ep. 51: Carfax for Medical Devices - Susan Ramonat (CEO Spiritus)