BlackBerry Announces Health Care Applications For Spark Platform, Blockchain Ledger

BlackBerry recently unveiled its plans to power a new blockchain platform that will securely store and share medical data. The company will use its network operation center to support the digital ledger, allowing the secure storage of data for consumers, labs, and monitors.

Creating what BlackBerry has described as “an ultra-secure global ecosystem,” the new blockchain platform will also allow data to anonymously be shared with researchers. The first client for the new platform—which was developed by biotech incubator ONEBIO—will be End the Diagnostic Odyssey for Children with a Rare Disease, a consumer-driven alliance that promotes . . .