Singapore moves health data storage to blockchain

In mid-October 2020, Singapore announced that it would create a blockchain-based health database for its citizens. In this regard, the state investment company SGInnovate and the Singapore startup Accrify jointly developed a unique digital health passport.

SGInnovate Deputy Director for Venture Development Simon Gordn noted that he pandemic identified serious problems health care in the Singapore sector, including medical in records management. Therefore, the government decided to create an application that provides a reliable process. authentications SGInnovate and Accrify emphasized that the blockchain platform was chosen due to the advantages of this technology, absolutely necessary when working with data in the healthcare sector: it is blockchain that is capable of ensuring data security, transparency and confidentiality.

Singapore moves health data storage to blockchain

The creation of an application that will allow personal health information to be stored in a blockchain-based database began in May 2020. The system was successfully tested in July: the application allowed doctors to fill out and check digitized medical records, including discharges of patients with Covid-19, results of smear tests and documents related to vaccination. For testing, a new digital health passport has been added as a new feature to the Singapore Ministry of Workforce FWMOMCARE app. This mobile application was intended to assess the health of migrant workers during a pandemic. A working version of the digital health passport is being created on the Open Attestation platform, an open source blockchain infrastructure created by the Singapore government's IT arm, GovTech.^[1]

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