{"id":3719,"date":"2019-01-15T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2020-06-01T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:42:15","slug":"du-announces-its-first-health-blockchain-solution-to-ensure-patient-safety-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/du-announces-its-first-health-blockchain-solution-to-ensure-patient-safety-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"du Announces Its First Health Blockchain Solution To Ensure Patient Safety In UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced its latest Blockchain Platform as a Service (BPaaS) use case by entering into a collaboration with Dhonor HealthTech \u2013 a leading national company focused on global healthcare blockchain solutions \u2013 to build the UAE\u2019s first Patient Safety Blockchain Solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on its commitment to championing innovation to create a better society for all, du\u2019s BPaaS use case will empower and enrich lives through the country\u2019s first patient-centric safety verification blockchain solution. This builds on the telco\u2019s proud legacy of delivering life-changing technological solutions and will support the nation\u2019s progress towards achieving the UAE Blockchain strategy 2021 in creating a paperless economy and digitally transform the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only is Blockchain used for data integrity over a decentralized network, but it also ensures high security and transparency of data that allows a patient-centric approach to Blockchain in healthcare. This incorporates direct communication with key stakeholders, access to healthcare resources, and verification of authentic medicines, which are the main drivers of the Patient Safety Blockchain solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This solution is design on du\u2019s Blockchain platform as a service (BPaas) in order to provide authenticity and compliance traceability that delivers the transparency and trust that has eluded the healthcare industry to date. With immutable data, it has the potential to give all stakeholders access to reliable information, including the origin, state, and viability of use for medical products. The solution is based on NFC tags standards that enable access to Blockchain solution in order to verify if blood bags and pharmaceutical products are authentic across the medical supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

du\u2019s BPaaS is a cloud native blockchain infrastructure that can provision private blockchain networks with a high level of customization, support multiple consensus algorithms, with monitoring, managing capabilities and smart contract capabilities which will give its users the ability to create blockchain networks, deploy and run their use cases, using intuitive UI(User interface). Without much knowledge of Blockchain networks configuration and DevOps, the platform supports Etherum and Hyperledger Fabric v1.3 frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution therefore ensures patient\u2019s safety and solves the problems of many patients encountering counterfeit medications and wait times for trusted blood bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Saving lives through technological innovations\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jihad Tayara, Vice President Business Development and Partnerships- New Business & Innovation, du, said: \u201cdu continues to be at the forefront of blockchain adoption in the UAE, and our BPaaS is a direct response towards supporting the objectives of the country\u2019s blockchain vision. BPaaS provides immense scalability, compatibility and cost efficiencies, but it also ensures high security and transparency of sensitive data. In the healthcare sector, protecting patient data is paramount, hence we are proud to implement the next deployment of BPaaS within the healthcare sector where it will contribute towards saving countless lives and raising the quality of care that patients receive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Empowering patients across the UAE\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough Dhonor\u2019s core business tenet as an advanced patient safety platform, our ability to empower patients through innovative technological developments will be significantly enhanced with du\u2019s BPaaS. The need for transparency and visibility to verify the authenticity and condition of the medicines that patients\u2019 lives depends on is essential. By adopting blockchain into our everyday operations, this will be an important step towards the digitisation of the UAE\u2019s healthcare sector and revolutionise patient-centricity,\u201d said Wassim Merheby, Dhonor Healthtech, CEO and Co-Founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The First Patient Safety Blockchain Solution\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patient-centric Safety standards are enabled with Patient Safety solution by checking & verifying of medicines and blood bags which helps the health authorities to address all 5 Patient Rights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n