Medical services company MDS Mexico has launched a rapid covid-19 testing service that uses blockchain technology to verify results.
MDS Mexico has released a digital platform enabling its patients to access results that are updated in real-time. Results are also delivered, featuring a QR code that can be scanned to verify the results and access a patient’s vaccination history on MDS Mexico’s blockchain.
MDS stated that it accepted blockchain to safeguard the results of clinical tests, protect patients’ personal data, and prevent the falsification of covid test results.Testing results uploaded to MDS’s blockchain also includes a cryptographic signature from the doctor who verified the results of the test.
MDS is not the first entity in Mexico to embrace blockchain for digitized covid test results, with Mexico’s National Chamber of Commerce (CANACO) announcing a state-backed initiative to digitize vaccination passports.
