Step 1
Issuer Sends Invitation
Issuers invite recipients to receive a Blockchain credential.
The FSMB Technology Spotlight is designed to assist and inform our member boards regarding emerging technologies. Our latest spotlight focuses on digital credentials in the context of healthcare. We look forward to advancing this conversation with our members.
Through the use of blockchain technology, we are enabling the use of trustless verification. This diagram shows how this is achieved.
Issuer Sends Invitation
Issuers invite recipients to receive a Blockchain credential.
Issuer Sends GME Certificate
The Issuer sends the Recipient's GME certificate using the “Learning Machine” portal.
Recipient Shares Certificates
The Recipient shares certificates with the Verifier from the “Blockcerts” wallet.
The URL for the issued certificate is tamper-proof.
Recipient Creates Account Adds Issuer
The Recipient creates a “Blockcerts” account and accepts the invitation.
Recipient Adds MedEd Certificate
The Recipient adds the MedEd certificate to their “Blockcerts” wallet.
Verifier Validates Certificates
The Verifier checks and validates the certificates.
The file for the issued certificate is tamper-proof.
Issuer Sends Medical Education Certificate
The Issuer sends the Recipient's MedEd certificate using the “Learning Machine” portal.
Recipient Adds GME Certificate
The Recipient adds the GME certificate to their “Blockcerts” wallet.
Verifier Saves Certificates as a PDF
The Verifier may choose to download and save the certificates as a PDF.
Host Cameron D’Ambrosi of OWI joins FSMB CIO Michael Dugan and Senior Director of Legal Services Eric Fish to discuss the challenges of ensuring accurate licensing records for doctors, and promising blockchain technology pilot programs helping to drive future advances.
Host Philip Clothiaux of Hashed Health joins Michael Dugan and Eric Fish to discuss blockchain’s future in regulation, including its potential to address credentialing and licensing redundancies, as well as the state of blockchain at FSMB.
April 2018 - FSMB hosts Roundtable Webinar on Physician Credentialing and Blockchain Technology