Guardtime and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company in Dubai is partnering with blockchain development firm NMC Healthcare to create electronic health records for the country's patients using blockchain technology. The project is part of Dubai's plan to have all government records on blockchain by 2020 and has major benefits for clinicians. The technology would allow easy updating of records and shared access to information in a virtually hack-proof environment. Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Tal Rapke called the system "a game changer".
NMC Healthcare in Dubai is partnering with blockchain development firm Guardtime and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company to create electronic health records for the country's patients using blockchain technology. The project is part of Dubai's plan to have all government records on blockchain by 2020 and has major benefits for clinicians. The technology would allow easy updating of records and shared access to information in a virtually hack-proof environment. Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Tal Rapke called the system "a game changer".