Blockchain technology company Bitfury is partnering with the Medical Diagnostic Web (MDW) in the radiology blockchain market to create a blockchain-based medical imaging ecosystem. The partnership was announced by Bitfury Group in a blog post on February 11th.
Founded in 2011, Bitfury Group operates as a software manufacturer and security and infrastructure provider for the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. In 2018, the company generated revenue of $ 500 million. MDW is a radiology blockchain platform that allows radiologists to communicate with imaging facilities and share patient data and medical images.
Announces Bitfury's New Partnership in Creating a Blockchain Based Medical Imaging Platform
Bitfury Partnership with a Blockchain-Based Platform
The new collaboration with Bitfury, MDW and blockchain, the life data market, Longenesis, will develop a platform for protecting and sharing medical imaging and diagnostic information such as X-rays and CT scans. The platform will be installed in Exonum, a special blockchain framework that allows the approval of transactions using Bitfury's anchoring technology.
Longenesis claims that it only provides access to medical data recorded in the blockchain of authorized parties and also guarantees compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the General Data Protection Directive (GDPR). Valery Vavilov, CEO of Bitfury, expressed optimism in the distribution of blockchains in the medical sector:
Bilir Blockchain technology can provide a tamper-proof record of patient history, providing a way for physicians to share information more easily, thereby strengthening patient data security. The digitization of trust that Blockchain maps to the medical potential of AI algorithms has the ability to visualize medical systems around the world. Block
In early February, the Pistoia Alliance, a medical research and development association, extended the blockchain project to include data sharing, data identity, and data integrity, and to use blockchain to validate data identification, data integrity, and to improve sharing between. organizations. the Blockcha Before entering data management, Pistoia focused on training the medical industry in developing technology.
In January, US-based health insurance giant Aetna partnered with IBM to create a blockchain network adapted to the health sector. The blockchain system, which is expected to serve more than 39 million customers worldwide, will be planned to facilitate insurance claims transactions and payments as well as manage directories.
Source: Cointelegraph