Healthureum: A Global Healthcare Application that Gives Patients Control over their Health

There are many challenges that face the healthcare sector when it comes to collecting, storing and sharing of patient healthcare information. The current centralized Electronic Health Record (HER) system is erratic and creates barriers to sharing of patient data. The Healthureum application creates a level playing ground where medical information can be shared across the many healthcare institutions.

The application ensures that all the bottlenecks in the healthcare sector are eliminated to allow the seamless flow of information and services among patients, doctors, health insurance providers and medical researchers among others.  The platform offers a decentralized solution to sharing information whilst eliminating the existing drawbacks. Unlike the traditional healthcare setup, no single entity is entrusted with patient data storage. The application maintains the integrity and information security given that health records are sensitive and private.

This innovative system is built on Ethereum blockchain ecosystem that utilizes timestamps to make it easy for information to be verified and tracked in the event that there are alterations in the entries. This gives the patient control over their information since nothing can changes in their medical records without their knowledge. As a patient, you have your personal private key that acts as the gateway to your network database.

Healthureum places the patient at the center of the systems data interoperability; digital data is shared among healthcare stakeholders without restrictions. Interoperability gives each participating patient in the network ability to own their medical records as well as granting access to the same when there is need to add new entries.

Healthcare facilities have the ability to use private patient data without altering or replicating it for their personal gains. They can only access the data as view only for the purposes of clinical trials, research and as a point of reference for a second opinion.  Once data is included in the network, the issue of reconciliation does not arise, and the data is available for retrieval by multi-users at the same time.

Affiliate doctors and participating healthcare facilities using the Healthureum application have access to a patient's historical medical records and add more information when it is necessary. However, newly added entries remain invalid until validated once other participants confirm its authenticity. Once entries are deemed valid, they cannot be altered; one can only add additional notes for clarification.

When patient owns their healthcare records, any practitioner on the platform can use the same information without doubts since it has been verified and certified by other users as authentic. Doctors, therefore, spend less time probing patient and results is speedy treatments and better outcomes. To protect the patient from unqualified practitioners, all affiliates are vetted and only the best practice on the ecosystem.

Doctors have no control of individual medical records; only the patient has a say over their data. This is a security measure to ensure that the data stored and shared using the application is guarded against any technical threats or manipulation. As long as a provider is an affiliate, they are automatically protected against health insurance frauds, errors in billing and other accounting malpractices.

Every patient knows what they want when it comes to their health. Entrusting them with their medical records gives them the power to go for the best services at a reasonable fee; this is the beauty of the Healthureum application. Every participating healthcare facility and practitioners seek to give their best to retain their clientele thus giving the patient high-quality care at the standardized fee.

With the dwindling doctor-patient ratios in developing countries, it is now possible to get the best care using the Healthureum application. The system is video call enabled for ease of consultations and referrals. This gives the patient the freedom to choose the best practitioner or facility for their medical procedures. The cost is also a challenge but using HHEM tokens makes healthcare affordable to many.

Healthureum acts as the bridge between the public and private sector healthcare and seeks to transform the current scenario to the universal healthcare standards. Patients will not be turned away from any health institution based on class or wealth. As long as you are a participant on the platform, you have access to any facility and doctor affiliated with the system.

Patients have the power to rate individual services rendered and recommend others. This way, all service providers in the network offers the best to get the best rewards. With Healthureum application, patients will get the best and will have full control over their health matters thus high quality but affordable services from all stakeholders in the system.