A major problem in India's Healthcare system is its very poor & sub-standard operations, management, and implementation of medical facilities. A lack of proper health logs/record system of patients, a track of drugs and medication given, portability & security of data and inefficient implementation of govt scheme lead to higher health care cost and affects public health as a whole.
We address the problem by bringing Blockchain into the picture. A Digital Health ID system, which tracks and stores all the Healthcare data of a citizen into the Blockchain network. The complete medical details i.e patient data, hospital and doctor details, drugs and medication with crucial documents are securely appended into the system every time medical facilities is availed. It gives a user high-level view of its complete medical history on the go and a crucial insight into public health status to the govt and health department.
The proposed solution, its Salient features & benefits:-
A fully customizable blockchain is coded from scratch with all its functions and modules independent of 3rd party chains ex. Ethereum blockchain or Hyperledger.
A simple and intuitive Web interface for all hospitals which appends all the details of the patient and medication availed into the blockchain network. The data is appended by an authorized person verified by their biometric and passwords.
This system reduces the complexity of storing medical data, infrastructure requirement, and learning curve by deploying standard across all medical institution thereby increasing portability and security of health data.
A mobile application which is a personalized Digital Health ID of every citizen that tracks all the details of the medical history from the blockchain network, anytime, anywhere, anyplace.
Citizens have an efficient way to store, view and retrieve all of their personal medical details.
This helps even if they are traveling and availing medical facility in any other hospital across country thereby increasing inter-portability.
Customized Smart contracts are deployed within the blockchain network for easy and quick reimbursement of money to the beneficiary covered under government schemes. This automated system is efficiency and reduces any possibility of scams as all data appended are associated with biometric info, hence a faster audit can be done in case of irregularities.
A blockchain based healthcare system is the need of the hour. Healthcare is a necessity, not a luxury, which should be for everyone, everywhere with simplicity.
Project Limitations
The current project need to be deployed at large scale and people need to be educated about its advantages. Regulatory body is another challenge in the space as there is privacy concern.
Mention future works possible on the project_
The vision of the project is limitless with endless possibilities and innovation.
(1) Biometric and Aadhar can be linked with the HealthChain for seamless exchange and store of personal info and data.
(2) End to end encryption and interoperability of health data across government and private health institution.
(3) Seamless claim of health benefit and reimbursement of money directly to bank account linked to Aadhar & HealthChain database.
(4) Personalized AI assistance to every citizen based on his/her medical history.
Prediction of need and consult based on medical data.
(5) Whole lot of nifty solutions can be developed. Ex Biometric based medical history retrieval solution in case of accident of victim just using finger print in case of emergency. etc
Hackathon Name*
Hackference India 2018
Project Title*
A Blockchain based Healthcare management system
Project Description*
A major problem in India's Healthcare system is its very poor & sub-standard operations, management, and implementation of medical facilities. A lack of proper health logs/record system of patients, a track of drugs and medication given, portability & security of data and inefficient implementation of govt scheme lead to higher health care cost and affects public health as a whole.
We address the problem by bringing Blockchain into the picture. A Digital Health ID system, which tracks and stores all the Healthcare data of a citizen into the Blockchain network. The complete medical details i.e patient data, hospital and doctor details, drugs and medication with crucial documents are securely appended into the system every time medical facilities is availed. It gives a user high-level view of its complete medical history on the go and a crucial insight into public health status to the govt and health department.
The proposed solution, its Salient features & benefits:-
A fully customizable blockchain is coded from scratch with all its functions and modules independent of 3rd party chains ex. Ethereum blockchain or Hyperledger.
A simple and intuitive Web interface for all hospitals which appends all the details of the patient and medication availed into the blockchain network. The data is appended by an authorized person verified by their biometric and passwords. This system reduces the complexity of storing medical data, infrastructure requirement, and learning curve by deploying standard across all medical institution thereby increasing portability and security of health data.
A mobile application which is a personalized Digital Health ID of every citizen that tracks all the details of the medical history from the blockchain network, anytime, anywhere, anyplace. Citizens have an efficient way to store, view and retrieve all of their personal medical details. This helps even if they are traveling and availing medical facility in any other hospital across country thereby increasing inter-portability.
Customized Smart contracts are deployed within the blockchain network for easy and quick reimbursement of money to the beneficiary covered under government schemes. This automated system is efficiency and reduces any possibility of scams as all data appended are associated with biometric info, hence a faster audit can be done in case of irregularities.
A blockchain based healthcare system is the need of the hour. Healthcare is a necessity, not a luxury, which should be for everyone, everywhere with simplicity.
Project Limitations
The current project need to be deployed at large scale and people need to be educated about its advantages. Regulatory body is another challenge in the space as there is privacy concern.
Mention future works possible on the project_ The vision of the project is limitless with endless possibilities and innovation. (1) Biometric and Aadhar can be linked with the HealthChain for seamless exchange and store of personal info and data. (2) End to end encryption and interoperability of health data across government and private health institution. (3) Seamless claim of health benefit and reimbursement of money directly to bank account linked to Aadhar & HealthChain database. (4) Personalized AI assistance to every citizen based on his/her medical history. Prediction of need and consult based on medical data. (5) Whole lot of nifty solutions can be developed. Ex Biometric based medical history retrieval solution in case of accident of victim just using finger print in case of emergency. etc
Project Repository*
https://github.com/vka007/HealthChainFinal
Tech Stack*
Java, Web Stack(html, css, php), Android (python, Eth & truffle) further development of smart contracts
Team Members and Contact info*
Vineet kumar Agrawal(SOLO), https://github.com/vka007