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Crypto has yet to prove itself to avant-garde dentistry, but it’s authoritative advance in medicine. Last anniversary a London accommodating became the aboriginal being anytime to use cryptocurrency for a video arrangement with her General Practitioner, via the telemedicine account MyClinic.com. Medicalchain, the blockchain aggregation which launched the pilot program, says that it wants to accord patients greater best over how and area they see their doctor.
“It’s air-conditioned cool to assuredly use cryptocurrency to acquirement services. MyClinic.com is accessible to use and I adulation the actuality that I can allocution to a doctor I apperceive able-bodied and trust.” said Maria Rodriguez, who paid for her GP arrangement in MedTokens (MTN). “I begin the address tat was beatific by the doctor aural a few account absolutely accessible and reassuring.”
The service’s aboriginal pilot is actuality run at the Groves Medical Center in London. Anyone in the UK can accompany the pilot and book an arrangement through the MyClinic app, Medicalchain said in a columnist release, after accident admission to their NHS-provided doctors.
Patients can additionally admission their appointment addendum and records, a bearings which Forbes afresh alleged a accessible “solution to the accommodating annal problem.” The National Health Service does not accept a accepted arrangement for medical records, which has acquired inefficiencies in accommodating care.
In accession to Medicalchain’s MedTokens, patients additionally accept the best of advantageous by debit or acclaim card.
“Today marks the aboriginal footfall in Medicalchain’s all-embracing mission to empower patients to accept greater best over how and area they accept medical advice, as able-bodied as how they ascendancy the use of their medical information,” said Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO of Medicalchain “One of the aboriginal accomplish is introducing blockchain facilitated video consultations with their GP, paid for with cryptocurrency.”
If the pilot activity is successful, Dr. Albeyatti added, the account hopes to aggrandize through the UK, Europe and the blow of the world.
“We are appreciative to be the aboriginal dispensary in the apple to use blockchain technology to action defended video consultations”, said Dr. Vince Gripauldo, a accomplice at The Groves Medical Group. “MyClinic.com is a absolute fit for our convenance as it allows patients to bound book accessories on their adaptable app, see their doctor from any area and accretion admission to their arrangement letters afterward anniversary consultation.”
This isn’t the aboriginal appointment amid avant-garde anesthetic and the blockchain. Following a well-received ICO, Medicalchain additionally partnered with the Mayo Clinic to analyze blockchain-based accommodating records. Other companies accept launched agnate goals; John McAfee consistently plugs Docademic, a agnate telemedicine affairs aimed at Latin America.
The columnist is invested in agenda assets.
