Factom associates with HealthNautica

Factom, the blockchain-focussed record-keeping system provider, has partnered with HealthNautica, the U.S.-based medical records and services solutions provider. The news follows other high-profile collaborations with companies such as the Synereo (social network), Coinapult (cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider) and Tether (beta online wallet service).

HealthNautica expects that the partnership will in securing the integrity of highly sensitive documents within their field of work, like billing and claims process disputes, medical records, surgery scheduling information, etc.

"The Factom technology is a perfect fit for enhancing the audit trails and the secure nature of the healthcare records that HealthNautica manages for its users, ..."said Shailesh Bhobe, President of HealthNautica .

This marks one of the first instances that the blockchain technology has made its way into the healthcare industry. Factom President Peter Kirby is very excited about the doors it may open:

"We are excited to insert Factom's technology into the healthcare industry, as one of our goals while developing this software was to offer a way to ensure the integrity of medical records, while still maintaining patient privacy, HealthNautica is a pioneer in digital health records, and we are thrilled to pave the way in the next generation of tamper-proof record keeping and audit trails with them."