Here's how Healthureum aims to target the problem of medical infrastructure

The problem of medical infrastructure is a global issue, and there are current discourses in the health sector on how to overcome the challenges. Poorer countries are on the worst receiving end because basic infrastructure such as hospital beds, stretchers and wound dressing instruments can be found lacking. For other countries, the problem can be noticed in difficulty in accessing advanced diagnostics machines such as MRI and CT scans. Without the presence of needed medical infrastructure, a vast improvement cannot be seen in human mortality rates.
With the background of this problem in view, Healthureum

has outlined the major problems of medical infrastructure and are proscribing practicable solutions via the blockchain system. The problems ailing the health sector regarding medical infrastructure include:

Cost of medical infrastructure
The way each healthcare facility is being funded depends largely on its ownership. For public hospitals, most of the running cost has to come from the government since the service plans are usually subsidized and therefore cannot meet the demands of financing the system. In a perfect system, this would mean a seamless operation whereby government provides the necessary funds and the hospital management, in turn, procures them. However, this is far from the reality of several countries. There are often policy bureaucracies to deal with before the health sector budget can be ratified and a lot of other modalities go into the actual funds being released. Some government just do not have the buoyant economy to able to finance the procurement of medical infrastructure. Also, in the case of private health facilities, they are likely to use individual sponsorship to purchase the medical infrastructure. But they would have to charge high service fees in order to justify the cost of purchase.
All these dynamics leave the plight of the patients in a very sensitive position. This is why Healthureum is looking into a system whereby HHEM tokens can take care of the cost of medical infrastructure.
Maintenance and upgrades of medical infrastructure
One of the reasons why medical infrastructure takes a large chunk of a hospital budget lies in the high cost attached to the upkeep and improvements needed. Science and technology evolve by the day. Therefore, there is always a need to stay in touch with the times. For instance, an MRI scanning machine purchased over a decade ago cannot be on par with more recent models. Keeping to the use of older models would have a consequence on the quality of diagnostics being made. There are also times when these medical devices will pack up due to overuse and patients would have to go through the stress of finding a place where the needed medical infrastructure is available. Healthureum through its ecosystem aims at keeping a record of medical infrastructure – a registry which covers the whole life of the machine from the point of its purchase and the span of its usage.
Demand and usage
As much as medical infrastructure is lacking in several facilities, there is also the problem of some purchasing rarely needed medical equipment. Healthureum through its platform has a large of patients' data which enables them to track their demands and the frequency with which they require some of these infrastructures. With this function, spending waste can be avoided, and the purchase of infrastructure can be geared the pressing needs of each medical facility about the needs of their patients. This also functions as a kind of financial audit for the health facilities as they can calculate the revenue gained or lost from the demand and usage of particular medical infrastructure.
Supply of infrastructure
Another problem that Healthureum aims to tackle is the gap between the supplier and the healthcare facilities. Most times, hospitals do not have the means of making use of a widely connected network which would lead them to the right medical infrastructure. Through the blockchain system, Healthureum takes stock of a wide range of suppliers of medical infrastructure and is able to verify their reliability in terms of quality and functionalities. This helps facilities to reduce the risk of purchasing fake equipment and also provides a range of options to choose from.
With all the data available within reach of the Healthureum, it is possible for health facilities to even plan into the future. They can foresee through the health population data, the likely health needs of people in years to come and be able to prepare for it by getting the needed medical infrastructure on the ground.