Estonian Health Records to Be Secured by Blockchain
The blockchain–based, real-time integrity, network, and data platform Guardtime has announced a partnership with the Estonian eHealth Foundation. The company will secure $1 million USD in health records in the Baltic region used by the Estonian eGovernment infrastructure. Taimar Peterkop, General of the Estonian Information Systems Authority said of the....
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Guardtime announced a partnership with the Estonian Government’s e-Health Foundation to accelerate blockchain-based management of patient healthcare records. Audit Trail of a Lifetime. Guardtime announces it will bring its Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) technology to all levels of Estonian Government infrastructure through a frame cooperation agreement with the Estonian Information Systems Authority (RIA). Estonia claims to be the first government in the world to have embraced the blockchain technology in its live production systems for ensuring the integrity of the records, logs....
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