APOLLONIA HEALTHCARE {ICO 2018} - THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE

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Health: as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This definition has been subject to controversy, as it may have limited value for implementation. Health may be defined as the ability to adapt and manage physical, mental and social challenges throughout life.

The meaning of health has evolved over time. In keeping with the biomedical perspective, early definitions of health focused on the theme of the body's ability to function; health was seen as a state of normal function that could be disrupted from time to time by disease. An example of such a definition of health is: "a state characterized by anatomic, physiologic, and psychological integrity ability to perform personally valued family, work, and community roles; ability to deal with physical, biological, psychological, and social stress. Then in 1948, in a radical departure from previous definitions, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a definition that aimed higher: linking health to well-being, in terms of "physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Although this definition was welcomed by some as being innovative, it was also criticized as being vague, excessively broad and was not construed as measurable. For a long time, it was set aside as an impractical ideal and most discussions of health returned to the practicality of the biomedical model.

Just as there was a shift from viewing disease as a state to thinking of it as a process, the same shift happened in definitions of health. Again, the WHO played a leading role when it fostered the development of the health promotion movement in the 1980s. This brought in a new conception of health, not as a state, but in dynamic terms of resiliency, in other words, as "a resource for living". 1984 WHO revised the definition of health defined it as "the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities". Thus, health referred to the ability to maintain homeostasis and recover from insults. Mental, intellectual, emotional and social health referred to a person's ability to handle stress, to acquire skills, to maintain relationships, all of which form resources for resiliency and independent living. This opens up many possibilities for health to be taught, strengthened and learned.

Since the late 1970s, the federal Healthy People Initiative has been a visible component of the United States’ approach to improving population health. In each decade, a new version of Healthy People is issued, featuring updated goals and identifying topic areas and quantifiable objectives for health improvement during the succeeding ten years, with assessment at that point of progress or lack thereof. Progress has been limited to many objectives, leading to concerns about the effectiveness of Healthy People in shaping outcomes in the context of a decentralized and uncoordinated US health system. Healthy People 2020 gives more prominence to health promotion and preventive approaches and adds a substantive focus on the importance of addressing social determinants of health. A new expanded digital interface facilitates use and dissemination rather than bulky printed books as produced in the past. The impact of these changes to Healthy People will be determined in the coming years.

Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences. The term "healthy" is also widely used in the context of many types of non-living organizations and their impacts for the benefit of humans, such as in the sense of healthy communities, healthy cities or healthy environments. In addition to health care interventions and a person's surroundings, a number of other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic, social conditions and spirituality; these are referred to as "determinants of health." Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the conceptualization of health as an ability opened the door for self-assessments to become the main indicators to judge the performance of efforts aimed at improving human health. It also created the opportunity for every person to feel healthy, even in the presence of multiple chronic diseases, or a terminal condition, and for the re-examination of determinants of health, away from the traditional approach that focuses on the reduction of the prevalence of diseases.

According to the purpose or fixed design of this article, Today! We will be discussing or analysing about a particular amazing project called: APOLLONIA

WHAT IS APOLLONIA?

Apollonia is a medical ecosystem, which includes electronic health records, telemedicine, medical tourism, medicine e-commerce, insurance policies and development of open markets for medical data trading.
Patients, doctors and clinics, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, online pharmacy, researchers and lawyers are the core audience of the project.

Apollonia is a decentralized solution for storing medical data and interactions between all paricipants of industry. They provide personalized tools to each participant of the medical industry and provides the ability to quickly find doctors, clinics, insurance companies, medicines and medical information.

ABOUT APOLLONIA

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Apollonia is a single ecosystem which provides each industry participant not only with a chance to find other participants and communicate with them but with a great cloud for storing and managing his data and other health-related tasks. In addition, the system is already integrated with medical devices.

For example, a cardio-shirt, developed by our team using unique technology, stores data in the user's personal cabinet. In addition, if necessary, the data can be sent to the attending physician. The company also plans to create its own bracelet, sneakers, and chips. Over the past 4 years, our team has developed a system for clinics and their business process managing and implemented it in several vital medical industries. We started from the most demanded medical areas such as cardiology, pediatrics, dentistry. At the moment, the development of the marketplace of the project which is designed to serve as a single platform for all categories of participants in the medical industry is at the stage of completion.

But aside from the problems associated with purely user-related issues, there are also moments on the security of user data. There are generally accepted standards for the storage, processing, and transfer of personal medical data, according to which the entire technical architecture of the project is built: HIPAA (US), GDPR (EU), PIPA (South Korea).
That is why, when developing the technical architecture of our project, we paid maximum attention not only to the security of personal data but also to the details of storing the entire medical history, which can occupy tens of gigabytes of memory due to the large size of X-ray images, MRI, etc. Given the rapid development of the online medicine market, and current lack of competitors, Apollonia medical ecosystem, which offers a convenient integrated solution for the industry's most pressing problems, including personal data security, has the potential to reach more than $ 150 million per year as early as 2023.

APOLLONIA ECOSYSTEM

Gives personalized tools to each participant of the medical industry;
Provides the ability to quickly find doctors, clinics, insurance companies, medicines, medical information;
Ensures the safe interaction of users;
Guarantees compliance with agreements between users through smart contracts;
Provides reliable and fast transactions by Apollo coin, as well as payment in any convenient fiat currency.

APOLLONIA ECOSYSTEM FEATURES

The central element of the ecosystem is Marketplace which provides interaction between patients, doctors, clinics, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, online pharmacies etc.

Personalized Dashboards (EMR, CRM etc.) are for each category of ecosystem participants. For example, doctor gets access to EMR system where he is able to manage his business and patients accordingly to his professional needs.

Apollonia Healthcare Coin (Apollo) gives opportunity to pay for ecosystem services, doctor’s consultations, buy medicines, get rewards and more.

APOLLONIA ECOSYSTEM POINT

APOLLONIA MEMBERS BOARD

Apollonia board members have experience in IT, FinTech and Banking in companies such as Brotherhoodz, WebWay and Crew Recruitment Services.

Our team has start development back in the 2015 with platform Dentist24. Right now there are also availible Pediatrics24 and Cardiology24. Along with that, we are planning to start Pharmacy24.

APOLLONIA ROADMAP