RE: Steemit Crypto Academy Contest / S2W3 - Blockchain in our lives. by @msquaretk
Thank you for reading through my post and leaving a very nice comment.
To your question, I understand that there some data or reports which are not meant for the patient. Apart from self medication which may be encouraged if they have access to such reports/data, it may also put the lives in danger if they are aware of some things.
One of the draw backs in implementing Blockchain in the health sector is what you just mentioned. People are afraid that the information will be visible to everyone and which is not supposed to be.
One of the best ways to use blockchain in health sectors is that, there may be a Blockchain where only the health practitioners will have access to.
Before you can have access to such a blockchain, you must be a registered health worker. This is to avoid linking information which are not supposed to be linked.
Ok thanks for your reply, so you mean here that the patient will not have assess to his or her medical information even if they have, it will be limited to what they should know not information that are to be private. Right?
Yeah. They won't have access to private information. Some weeks ago, a guy I know went to the hospital for some medical test.
After doing the test, he was supposed to collect the result, but because the doctor knows that if he should reveal it to him, he may affect him or put his life in danger. The doctor didn't give him report. Instead he gave him what he needed.
Whereas, there's someone whom he gave the exact report to. The doctor knew the report should be given to this particular person.
So, one of the ways to achieving this is to have the database of the patience and doctor registered separately on the Blockchain. The doctor will know how to fill the database of the patient, which may contain the information he or she needs.
Now, if the patient is to be treated by another doctor, then, there can be a way where the new doctor will access the previous doctor's reports which isn't shown to the patient even from the database of the patient.
That's my own opinion. There could be more easiest and better ways to achieving this, though.
Thank you.
Ok now I understand you well, yes it will be nice if this should come up, it will ease some work load and save so many lives, instead of repeating test that was done already, the patient information could be quickly assessed and attained to. It will save costs too. Thank you for taking time to explain this to my understanding with even examples you are in deed a great teacher
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Thank you for the commendation.
Kind regards, friend.