Molecular You – myPDx Personalized Health Wallet

Molecular You™ Corporation, a company with a digital health platform driven by data and assisted by artificial intelligence, is focused on empowering individuals to proactively take control of their own health and their own health information.

Privacy and security of consumer data, in particular health data, is a major concern. Almost daily, news outlets report data breaches and mounting consumer distrust of large, centralized platforms that aggregate data and use it for secondary purposes without individuals’ knowledge or consent. However, access to data is also critical for health research and the development of new healthcare solutions that are driven by data analytics. Concerns about health data sharing must therefore be addressed if innovation in healthcare is to continue effectively.

Molecular You is developing My Trusted Personal Data Exchange (MyPDx), a blockchain based solution that aims to address the challenge of protecting the privacy and security of individuals’ health information while still enabling data sharing for research and business purposes. The design of the solution gives users custody and control over access to their personal health data credentials in a manner that fundamentally respects users’ privacy while still allowing for and incentivizing sharing of data.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Aitken

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Partner:

Molecular You Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

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