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IIT Madras develops blockchain-based medical data system for mobile app 07 May 2021 | News This system is currently being field-tested at IIT Madras Institute Hospital Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers have developed ‘BlockTrack’, a first-of-its-kind blockchain-based secure medical data and information exchange system for a mobile phone-based application. This system is currently being field-tested at IIT Madras Institute Hospital. The project has been under...

The project, initiated in 2019, had CSR support from Infosys Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have developed “blocktrack”, a blockchain-based secure medical data and information exchange system for mobile phone applications. The system is field tested at the Institute’s hospital. The project originated during the height of COVID-19 in 2020 has CSR support from Infosys. Blocktrack aims to securely digitising healthcare information systems while protecting sensitiv...

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