Yesterday it was
announced that CGFNS is piloting a blockchain based system for credentialing foreign-trained nurses. CGFNS was formerly known as the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. The non-profit is the only organization approved by the US Department of Homeland Security for validating credentials of foreign qualified nurses and certain other healthcare professions. It’s helped three million health professionals over the last 40 years.
“CGFNS aims to provide successful applicants with location-independent, secure access via the blockchain to our certifications signifying their eligibility to practice on an occupational visa in the United States,” said CGFNS President and CEO Franklin A. Shaffer.
Foreign-educated nurses can securely upload relevant documents to the privacy-protected system. In addition to enabling CGFNS to use the documents to analyze the credentials, the applicants can also forward documents to third parties.
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