Blockchain and Health IT: Algorithms, Privacy, and Data August 8, 2016 Prepared for: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Prepared by: Allison Ackerman Shrier, Anne Chang, Nadia Diakun-thibault, Luca Forni, Fernando Landa, Jerry Mayo, Raul van Riezen Project PharmOrchard TM of MIT's Experimental Learning "MIT Fintech: Future Commerce" & Thomas Hardjono MIT Connection Science Correspondence: Allison Ackerman Shrier aackerman26@gmail.com 617-971-6915 WHITE PAPER