Medical professionals have developed ways to track and store personal health data securely within the blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blockchain use cases continue to grow as the world learns about the benefits that it brings. Apart from bringing financial innovations <\/p>\n\n\n\n
like the ability to do peer-to-peer transactions, blockchain now makes its way to the health industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health specialists created a method to track and store health data using blockchain technology. Rosanne Warmerdam, the CEO of Health <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blocks, told Cointelegraph that her team had developed a way for users to generate and store patients\u2019 health data without sacrificing their <\/p>\n\n\n\n
privacy and security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to start with giving users ownership and control over their health data,\u201d said Warmerdam. By building on top of the IoTeX blockchain, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
their platform Health Blocks collects lifestyle-related health data from wearables and other smart devices and connects it to a decentralized health <\/p>\n\n\n\n
profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project also gives incentives as users reach their health goals. \u201cWe want to make a healthy lifestyle fun and rewarding, providing tools to improve <\/p>\n\n\n\n
health and provide access to health services for all,\u201d said Warmerdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this, users can get tokens as they achieve their health goals. According to Warmerdam, \u201cwhen a user reaches a health goal of 10,000 steps in a <\/p>\n\n\n\n
day, a smart contract is triggered, sending tokens to your profile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Related: $1B science fund seeks blockchain projects to expand human lifespan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, a medical firm in Mexico is using blockchain to verify COVID-19 testing results<\/a>. MDS Mexico utilizes the technology to avoid the fabrication <\/p>\n\n\n\n of results. The team certifies the COVID-19 detection through blockchain and cryptographic signatures. This protects the information by using a unique, <\/p>\n\n\n\n immutable and unalterable QR Code that can easily be verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a number of existing use cases for blockchain in the medical field, but many predict it is open for more breakthroughs. While discussing new <\/p>\n\n\n\n potential crypto and blockchain use cases, billionaire Mark Cuban also shared theories<\/a> on how a decentralized autonomous organization may be applied in <\/p>\n\n\n\n medical procedures like providing colonoscopies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n