Along with the economic and financial sector, one of the sectors that could be further improved through the use of blockchain technology is the health sector.

Normally, people's medical information is managed by medical organizations throughout their lives, but because of this people not only have a medical history, but also have multiple records in different clinics, this causes that when it comes to going to the doctor the whole process is delayed due to the need to re-create a medical history or do a huge amount of paperwork to receive the medical history housed in another center.

One of the main problems of centralized information systems in the medical industry is that most research centers are slowing down their clinical trials and the results of their work for fear of being altered or stolen.

The implementation of blockchain technology within the healthcare industry can eliminate all these problems thanks to its transparent, secure and interoperable nature, patients would feel safer if they had their medical records and data in their possession and the MediBloc team felt the same way.

What is MediBloc?

It is an open source ecosystem based on blockchain technology which allows patients to save, share and record their medical records. This platform not only allows patients to have their medical records at their fingertips, but also allows them to grant permission to medical research centers, medical institutions, insurance companies or specialists to access their medical information. MediBloc changes the current health care system by giving patients complete control over their own health information.

Benefits of MediBloc

Maximum security: According to HIPAA, it is vitally important to keep patient medical information confidential, but currently medical information is under the power of centralized servers vulnerable to information infiltration and theft, with medibloc and thanks to blockchain technology medical information will be secure within the blocks and users will decide who can view this information and with whom to share it.
High Reliability: The platform of medibloc is based on blockchain technology so that the information is distributed through decentralized nodes which prevents information theft and alteration or modification.
Transparency: All the activity carried out within the platform will have a record, whether it be reading, writing or accessing medical information.
Interoperability: The open source medibloc platform supports different formats to store all types of medical information, whether laboratory results, prescriptions, analysis, etc.
Accessibility: Medibloc gives users the advantage of being able to access their medical information from anywhere with just one click, this is a great advantage since if a person is traveling and suffers a mishap they can go to any medical center and provide the doctor with the necessary information to treat it.

MediBloc Platform Structure

The medibloc platform is structured in three parts which are:

Core: this is the layer responsible for storing medical information, be it analysis, test results, among others. This information is stored in a distributed manner, to improve security all information is encrypted.
Service: This layer is the link between the kernel and the applications, with it through the use of intelligent contracts the users will be able to share their medical information.
Applications: This layer is the Dapp of the platform, which can be executed on smartphones or other devices, will have an identification system to access the information.

Medibloc Account

The Medibloc platform will have three types of accounts:

General users, medical staff and medical researchers:
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Token Medibloc

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The platform will have its own MED and MEDX tokens to perform all types of transactions within the platform, users who share and help with medical data will be rewarded with this token, can also be exchanged between users of the platform, can also be redeemed outside the platform.

For more information on the MED & MEDX tokens click here!

MediBloc represents a very important advance for the health sector, now patients will be able to have control over their medical history and this can greatly reduce doctors' errors due to the lack of information about the patient, another practical function is that patients will be able to track their health no matter where they are, I think this platform can save more time and money.

For more information watch this short introduction:

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MediBloc: Technology That Will Change the Health Sector