INTRODUCTORY PART
WHAT ACTUALLY IS MEDIBLOC?
MediBloc is a decentralised app built on the ethereum virtual machine. The major reason why this project was created is to give patients full control of their medical history/data and as well choose who gets access to it in case of emergencies.
The current situation in the health sector requires manual search for patients information, when a patient visits a new doctor, but with MediBloc, informations about a patient would be uploaded to the blockchain system and could be accessed by the patient himself or by anyone the patient decides to give access to, in case of emergencies.
This new technological system in the healthcare sector guarantees patients care and treatment a 100 degree rate safety. MediBloc complies with HIPAA terms and conditions(privacy rules) so as to prevent unauthorised access to the use of blockchain technology.
Using blockchain technology, MediBloc can ensure that the patients data is only shared with their permission.
The MediBloc Dapp platform is built on 3 solid layers that would hardly be found on any other blockchain network, if at all any exists: the core layer, the service layer and the application layer. They all play a major role so as to ensure the best functioning of the network.
The core layer could be regarded as the heart of the other layers that make up the system. It is the memory space of the whole system. The place where all healthcare records are being kept for reference purposes.
The service layer uses smart contract system to bring together the core layer and application layer so as to make data fetching of any patient as easy as ABCD.
Application layer is responsible for allowing apps to be built on the platform, which could be used to access patient medical data.
THE MEDIBLOC TOKENS
They issue 2 tokens: MED and MEDX.
When the project aannounced it's partnership with Qtum, it initially wanted to launch the project on Qtum blockchain network, but after deliberating on the issue critically, they decided to build their own blockchain in order to make their services more efficient. Currently, holders of MED are airdropped MEDX.
HOW DO I BUY OR STORE MEDIBLOC TOKENS?
It's a very simple step for people who have been in this shit for a while but might be technically hard for newbies. Buying any of the MediBloc tokens requires you to be either a BTC or ETH holder. Then you trade them for MED on any of these exchanges, coinrail or Gate.io, kryptono, dex.top, idex and cashirest as these are the only exchanges where MED tokens has been listed. Hopefully, before the team releases the DApp
THE IMPACT OF PEOPLE HAVING FULL CONTROL OVER THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS
When people have full control over their medical records, there are lots of positivity that could be achieved from this.
First and foremost, the data will not be centralized rather, it will be decentralized. Patients can also access the data or choose who to give access in case any emergency arises. Also, we shouldn't forget the fact that projects built on the blockchain technology ensures data immutability that requires only, changes made by trusted organizations who have been actively participating in the growth of the community.
HOW CAN THIS IMPACT THE WAY MEDICAL DATA IS USED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND OTHER RELEVANT PARTIES SUCH AS INSURERS AND RESEARCHERS?
With MediBloc, patients can go to any doctor and give them full access to their medical records. This simplifies the medical process as well ensures that doctors have all the pertinent information needed to maximize the care they can provide to the patient.
WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF HAVING ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS WITH MAJOR CORPORATIONS ON THE INTEGRATION OF MEDIBLOC ONCE MAINNET IS LAUNCHED?
While reading through the project's whitepaper, I was made to understand that this project has made partnerships with many great institutions such as the Hanyang University Medical Center, the Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital in Korea. They have also partnered with non-medical related industries like Deloitte. Having made all these partnerships within this short period of its launch, it is expected that the new technology has real reach when it enters the market. That is to say, before the mainnet is being launched, a lot of people would have been familiar with the new technology.
Secondly, the partnership between Qtum and MediBloc is expected to yield this certain amount of synergy that would help pilot the project to a higher level before the mainnet is launched. MediBloc team, having met Qtum team for the 1st time in New York "consensus" decided to share their ideas which eventually led to the amalgamation of the two projects, as regards this partnership, synergy is expected once the mainnet is launched.
HOW IS DIGITAL MEDICAL DATA STORAGE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN SUPERIOR TO TRADITIONAL MEDICAL DATA STORAGE METHODS?
It is absolutely wrong for us to equate the two forms of medical data storage methods but for the course of this article, I will be highlighting some reasons why the digital is more superior to the traditional.
The digital securely stores health records and makes them accessible wherever or whenever the patient might be where as, the security of the traditional is not guaranteed as it involves the physical carriage of documents like bills, prescriptions, insurance documents and many more, thereby increasing the rate at which any of these documents could be lost, stolen or destroyed.
The digital method offers a collaborative and secured health records management platform enabling secure, fast, convenient and transparent exchange and usage of health records by patients and care providers on the go anywhere anytime, whereas the traditional does not.
FOUNDERS OF MEDIBLOC (THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT)
It is always a good thing to know the brains behind the project so that it's users or participants would know who they are working with. The project was founded by Dr. Allen Wookyun and Dr. Eunsol Lee. They both have profound experiences on medical and engineering fields.
Same thing applies to the co-founders of the project. They have all worked as professional doctors which brought together their vision to connect the global medical data under one platform.
In the course of preparing this article, references were made from these sources.
The project's whitepaper and the project's website
https://steemit.com/crypto/@originalworks/640-steem-sponsored-writing-contest-medibloc
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For more Information on this project, feel free to click on the links below
MediBloc website
MediBloc whitepaper(ENG)
MediBloc FAQ
MediBloc about(contains media kit with various graphics)
MediBloc medium
MediBloc twitter
MediBloc facebook
MediBloc Github
MediBloc telegram
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