Air Clinic
Introduction
Hey guys, pleased to be here again. This post is a continuation of my articles about Air-Clinic, a decentralized healthcare community, and service on the STEEM blockchain.
'Decentralized' in the sense that In the sense that there is no central control of the system. Rather what they have in place are developers and health enthusiasts working together to make the community a lively and healthy place.
Decentralization has come a long way over the last three decades. In fact, the idea of decentralization has been widely recommended in several areas and industries, As in many other fields, decentralization is usually portrayed as a way of increasing efficiency in the financing and delivery of services, and the healthcare sector is not exempted.
But recently with the advent of the blockchain technology, perhaps the world is even more ready to take the revolutionary leap from centralized services to decentralized ones.
Today, I'm going to explore some of the problems with centralized healthcare services and how Air-Clinic solves these problems.
Problems of centralized healthcare services.
Centralized servers increase security risks:
Imagine the chaos that could ensue when the database of a hospitals or clinic gets wiped off along with records of clients and patients. One silly mistake and everything is wiped. One small mistake at maintenance and it's all gone. It would take a long time to gather all of that data again and even then, there would be a deficit in information that could go on to affect the functionality and efficiency of the health care system in question.
Air-Clinic uses a decentralized blockchain ledger for processing and recording transactions and data. Data entry and storage aren't stored on a central server but are constantly being confirmed by several computers around the world. This erases the possibility of local server corruption or hack.
Insufficient access to information on a central server.
information sharing is not really common among centralized healthcare services on the internet. Usually, private corporations host and manage their own server with their personalized information which cannot be accessed on a different server. So while one healthcare institution controls a large amount of data on their end, another healthcare institution might be suffering in that regard. Did I also mention that access to some information on a central server is restricted to a few groups of individuals? Again, while this doesn't really do much harm, it scores low when data-sharing is considered.
Air-Clinic on STEEM is open-sourced and data is easily accessed and shared amongst the community and basically every user of the blockchain. With an active community of blockchain enthusiasts with the common goal of transparency and decentralization, every data is accessible and transparent for users to use.
Interruption from the Middlemen.
The middlemen in every centralized system in the world takes a large chunk of the reward or dividends meant for end users. Also, Middlemen interrupt the flow of production in every industry since there is no direct interaction between the Producer and the consumer. This creates a lapse in communication and reduces the efficiency of the system.
By eliminating healthcare middlemen, produces stand t get a direct feedback from the consumers, direct discounts and bonus services are awarded to the consumers directly, Prices of these services are a lot cheaper and affordable for users. Hence, they save more money.
Air-Clinic eliminates the need for middlemen by allowing for * practising* health professionals to work and relate directly with the rest of the community.
Response-time and closeness to community.
There are a lot of restrictions and hindrances between a centralized healthcare body on the internet and the general community and clients. Apart from the high fees and the slow response time of these centralized online healthcare services, one must also be wary of the lack of expertise or the inadequacy of service due to the limited number of employees behind those call desks. Let's be fair, centralized exchanges do not necessarily have the 'best' doctors or health consultants. Not really. It might be that a number of these people are employed based on how much the institution can afford. This could significantly affect the quality of services offered through them.
Decentralized services such as Air-Clinic pools together unique health professionals from different parts of the world. Ideas are shared and discussed and debated on a level playing field without fear of censorship. Also, Air-Clinic as a decentralized healthcare community on a tokenized blockchain platform such as STEEM means that every user stands a chance to be incentivized when their ideas are acceptable and useful to the general community. This pushes its edge a bit further than centralized services where users simply get a congratulatory message from the community and a few 'likes' to show approval!
Conclusion
There's a lot more in store for decemtralized systems and business models in the future, and Air-Clinic is on the right path as an early blockchain adopter company. The community is increasing in membership and participation daily and as far as I'm concerned, I see this forming an integral part of a happy and health-conscious society tomorrow!
Not yet a member? No worries! here's a link to download the Android app on Playstore to get started. You also might want to spare a few clicks of your mouse to check out the website and the whitepaper by following the links below: