“The Food and Drug Administration is looking at the role blockchain can play in sharing health care data securely and effectively. Its Real-Time Application for Portable Interactive Devices (RAPID) is a cloud-based, customizable blockchain system designed to protect data and patients alike.”
“Developed by the Data Mining and Informatics Evaluation and Research (DMIER) team in the Office of Translational Sciences at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Booz Allen, RAPID uses Ethereumas — a bidirectional communication system for mobile phones — to get information on disease epidemics; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events; and the medications to counter health care providers in real time, according to a NITAAC report…”
“The development team chose blockchain ‘because it allowed for the seamless exchange of information without a central entity controlling or slowing down the dissemination of vital information,’ the report stated. It also provides security and real-time information sharing among FDA, other federal agencies and participating hospitals.” Read the full article here.
Source: Keeping public health ahead of epidemics with blockchain – By Stephanie Kanowitz. April 19, 2019. GCN.
