Blockchain- based document security company Transcrypts said that a partnership with Doctors Without Borders commenced in October. They have already uploaded 6500 immunization records to the blockchain, with a goal of 76000 by 2022.
Most of the logged immunizations are COVID 19 vaccines, but the company indicated that the the goal is to store all patient medical records on the blockchain, where they will be available from a patient’s phone.
Transcrypts began as a tool to combat resume fraud marketed to human resources professionals, before getting into income verification for landlords. Now the firm said views itself as a full service documentation service. The DWB partnership is its first venture into medical records. Previously Transcrypt had found that HIPAA and other compliance laws essentially barred blockchain as an acceptable method of storage for medical records within the United States.
This is not the first time COVID vaccination records have been stored on the blockchain. Similaly veChain launched a program to do so at a large hospital in Cyprus.
