President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has called for the use of blockchain technology to proffer technical solutions to chain health record storage and access to drive e-health in Nigeria. He is achieving this by partnering with Decentralised Electronic Health Record (DEHR), developers of a mobile healthcare app and online platform, with a focus on Africa and headquartered in Abuja Nigeria. “Its Self Sovereignty and Digital Identity Management System will give each physician a self-sovereign digital identity attached to a digital asset wallet that holds the physician’s credentials. DEHR will give physicians sovereign control over their digital identity, professional brand along with the data that identity creates. The benefits this kind of partnership brings are endless and we will continue to innovate and deliver efficiently.”

Source: The Guardian July 15, 2021 00:30 UTC