World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology

Hussam Elbehiery* and Ghada Abdelhady

ABSTRACT

The current state of electronic health records is centrally-stored by medical institutions. In addition, medical privacy laws have restricted health records to be only obtainable by the patient, giving healthcare providers primary stewardship of patient data. While demand for medical data continues to increase, there is just a lack of reliable, quality data for medical research and Artificial Intelligence. And despite the large amount of data being produced, the actual data that can be applied is limited Which goes back to the core problem of valuable healthcare data being solid and distributed among various institutions. MedX is an open-source healthcare data ecosystem built on the blockchain. It compiles a complete indexed history of all patient medical information; validating and securing every change along the day. It can safely secure and integrate scattered data from various institutions, and also collect data from devices like the smartphone. Patients manage their personal medical records based on individual needs, setting grounds for exercising ownership and control over personal medical records. Patients have full access to their data and can assign access permissions for medical institutions and allow authorization for those who can write data on MedX. Also other participants- individuals, doctors, research institutions, private corporations and all parties tied to medical industry interested in obtaining medical information will be able to access with permission.

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