Hartigan: Quantum Materials Corp’s QVS Platform
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Its work on that set the team up to pivot a bit and develop another concept using blockchain to verify Covid-19 test kits and provide an immunization passport that could help people prove their health status without handing over other personal information. (Read more about it here.)
There’s no clear way to show your health status in this new pandemic, and the situation continues to evolve.
“We realized that this is going to carry on and there’s most likely going to be multiple test phases over a long period of time,” he said. The company focused on its strength in identifying and verifying information and physical items. With that, it developed an immunity passport concept that could help people go back to work safely — and fend against black market and fake documents people might use to get back to work.
That led to the QDX Health ID app that works with test kit makers and health care providers to authenticate individuals, kits, health professionals and track individual results in an app. The user gets to choose who they share the information with. The company plans to launch its initial version of the app on June 1.