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It is expected that decentralization would catch up with the medical sector, and in line with that, we have the introduction of MediBloc which would go a long way in changing the medical data industry.
The medical data industry which is also the medical institution have the sole authority to medical data of patients, prohibiting any exchange of medical data outside of the specific institution with exception of patient's request for personal information, but MediBloc, which is a medical data platform that uses the Ethereum virtual machine would give access to the record of a patient on the authorization of the patients when visiting a new doctor.
It should be noted that the MediBloc is a decentralized app platform that would save precious time and resources of going to the healthcare for information which will allow for better patient care and treatment.
How is the digital medical data storage on the blockchain is superior to the traditional one?
The digital medical data storage ( smart phones and computers, etc) is superior to the traditional one ( file or paper data storage) because it allows doctors to find and store information, instantly having the hopes that the data is secured.
Digital data storage allows data to be stored outside the blockchain and only its harshed value is saved in the blockchain.
What is the impact of people having full control over their records?
The impact of people having full control over their medical report is to allow for better care and treatment from a new doctor and to quicken the time and resources which is going to result to a faster treatment for the patients.
Also, patients would be able to combine previously scattered medical records and healthcare data collected through wearable devices.
Patients can have the complete record and control of the medical history and would also be able to use the information during clinical care for personalized healthcare services.
Another impact is the fact that patients would be able to accurately understand individual health conditions more easily and keep record of when and what medical procedures took place in the hospital, and patients can also compare previous health conditions to the present, allowing enhanced care of individual health.
The effect of the integration and partnership of MediBloc with major corporations.
It should be noted that this integration would definitely lead to progress. For example, MediBloc is already partnering with a bioinformatics research institute called Sybtekabio, and their partnership would help patients seek for second opinions from different healthcare professionals easily.
Another is their partnership with Coinplug. It should be noted that this partnership would make MediBloc share the technical breakthrough regarding blockchain with them which would definitely go a long way in improving the blockchain ecosystem
What is the impact on the way data is used by parties like researchers and insurers?
The impact of this would be that the researchers would be allowed to have quick access on a patient's healthcare in the authorization of the account owner or a practitioner wanting to use the patient's data to do research to develop healthcare services. The researchers would not need to go to the medical healthcare but would access it on the MediBloc platform.
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