Developers: | Bitfury Group |
Date of the premiere of the system: | February, 2019 |
Branches: | Pharmaceutics, medicine, health care |
Technology: | PACS |
2019: Announcement of the platform
On February 11, 2019 Bitfury Group announced the platform for transfer and processing of medical images based on a blockchain in cooperation with Medical Diagnostic Web (MDW) company.
MDW offers a medical blockchain platform which allows radiologists to communicate and exchange pictures and data of patients. Within the new agreement of Bitfury, MDW and Longenesis company which is engaged in medical databases created the solution for sharing and protection of medical images and also the attached confidential information, such as results of inspections. The MDW platform is the cornerstone of technology.
It is supposed that the platform will be created on the basis of Bitfury Exonum closed a blockchain structure which will allow to check transactions using anchoring technology. The Longenesis company guarantees that only authorized persons will have access to medical data of the new platform. Besides, the company will be responsible for compliance with laws, connected with confidential data protection.
In the management of Bitfury noted that implementation of a blockchain in the medical sector will provide data protection of the patient and at the same time will allow doctors to exchange necessary information. Besides, large databases should become a basis for work of artificial intelligence. AI did not reach complete disclosure of the potential in the health care industry as the big and various range of data for this purpose is required. However possibilities of a blockchain in combination with algorithms of artificial intelligence are capable to change completely work of the medical systems around the world, Bitfury and MDW consider.[1]
Earlier in February, 2019 Pistoia Alliance is the medical union created for research and development — expanded the blockchain project, having included in it data exchange, identification of data and integrity of data and also use of a blockchain for check of sources at identification of data, for ensuring integrity of data and improvement of information exchange between the organizations.