1. Introductory chapter: Early applications and evolution of blockchain implementations in medicine -- 2. Can Blockchain Technology Change Contemporary Medicine As It Is Currently Understood? -- 3. The Current State of Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) and Proposing a Blockchain HIE Infrastructure -- 4. An amalgamation of blockchain and connected health for combating COVID-19 -- 5. Applications of Blockchain Technology in the COVID-19 Era. 6. Distributed Ledgers and Immunity Passports: The Intersection of Clinical Medicine and Digital Technology -- 7. Digital Identity, Computational Reliabilism, and the Future of IOMT: Epistemic Reasoning and The Role of Blockchain in Removing Human Tampering from Pharmacovigilance Decision Making -- 8. Potential implementations of blockchain technology in patient safety: A high-level overview -- 9. Blockchain in Medical Education -- 10. Blockchain in Education: Linking Competency Assessment with Credentialing -- 11. Optimizing Blockchain Technology in Academic Medicine -- 12. Distributed Research Networks -- 13. Use of Blockchain Technology for Implantable Medical Device Tracking -- 14. Application of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Supply Chains.