Blockchain continues making strides in utilization across sectors, with the world having a firmer grasp of its potential day by day, this time displayed in the health industry. 

Specifically, Rosanne Warmerdam – Head of Health Blocks – reportedly revealed that her team has reportedly come up with a blockchain-powered measure aimed at tracking and storing health data. 

The above blockchain-powered method will reportedly help users to generate and store patients’ health data while still preserving the necessary level of their privacy and security. 

“We wanted to start with giving users ownership and control over their health data” Warmerdam reportedly remarked regarding the development. 

Their platform Health Blocks – via developing on the foundation of the IoTeX blockchain – reportedly operates by gathering lifestyle-related health information from wearables and other smart devices and links it to a decentralized health profile.

The initiative reportedly also offered incentives when users meet their health goals.

“We want to make a healthy lifestyle fun and rewarding, providing tools to improve health and provide access to health services for all,” Warmerdam further claimed.

With this, users will reportedly be awarded tokens upon their health goal achievements, “when a user reaches a health goal of 10,000 steps in a day, a smart contract is triggered, sending tokens to your profile”, per Warmerdam. 

Meanwhile, the Mexico-based MDS Mexico medical facility has reportedly utilized blockchain for the verification of COVID-19 testing results.