Alibaba deploys blockchain to secure health data in Chinese first
18-Aug-17, The Cointelegraph
Alibaba is partnering with Chinese authorities to launch the country’s first application of Blockchain technology in the medical sector. Taking place in the city of Changzhou, Ali Health will work with local government to use Blockchain to secure data in a pioneering approach.
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“Ali Health’s Blockchain technology connects information by using our current equipment and systems,” Zhang Zhihong, director at Zhenglu Town Health Center in Changzhou said.
Full details of the scheme are still forthcoming, but will involve creation of “a number of data security nets” and storage of data in ciphertext with “strict access controls and operational privileges.”