According to the news released by NetEase Technology on August 17th, Ant Financial Service Group (Ant Financial Service), a subsidiary of E-commerce giant Alibaba, has teamed up with high-tech enterprise Aisino to trial blockchain-based medical electronic note services quietly. Not only could this initiative make it easy for citizens to see a doctor, but also eliminate repeated reimbursement. From August 2nd, approximately 600k medical electronic notes have been sent to and scanned out by patients.
Following the payment by the patients in Hangzhou, Taizhou and Jinhua hospitals for their registration, outpatient and hospitalization fees via Alipay, relevant electronic notes will be timely sent to the invoice steward under their Alipay accounts. For patients that make payments in cash or via hospital app or medicare card, they could obtain an electronic note only by scanning the QR codes printed on their check documents via their cellphones. Hu Fuyu, vice president of Taizhou Central Hospital said about this initiative that electronic notes could save one and a half hours in average for patients throughout the process.
Additionally, Yang Xueqing, an expert at blockchain business with Ant Financial Service stated that eliminating repeated reimbursement is a more important role blockchain-based medical electronic notes play. Given that blockchain features tamper-resistance and traceability, blockchain-based notes will be stamped while generated, transmitted, stored and used. If an electronic note is reimbursed, it couldn't be used for reimbursement for a second time. This is one question that general electronic invoices cannot rule out.
In the view of the insider, it is a trend to apply blockchain in electronic invoices and notes.
Ant Financial Service revealed that it also starts a trial in blockchain-based electronic invoice business, and plans to promote and apply such invoice in multiple industry scenarios. Jing Xiandong, chairman of Ant Financial Service, had stated publicly several times that his enterprise's blockchain only serve to solve real questions of social value.