Factom, the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to further efforts to provide reliable, secure access to medical records in the developing world. This poses a problem when people move or if the region is destabilised. The grant, which will be used for “research on how blockchain can improve health care delivery systems worldwide,” was announced by the foundation’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) at its annual meeting The decentralised system gives medical professionals and clinics the tools they need to coordinate care, particularly in the developing world.
Factom, the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to further efforts to provide reliable, secure access to medical records in the developing world. The grant, which will be used for “research on how blockchain can improve health care delivery systems worldwide,” was announced by the foundation’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) at its annual meeting The decentralised system gives medical professionals and clinics the tools they need to coordinate care, particularly in the developing world.