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Experiment - Medical prescription ledger using Blockchain
We are exploring a new experiment for developing medical prescription ledger using blockchain on AWS. Medical prescriptions once issued by a doctor to a patient are immutable in nature, require audit of changes, need to be interoperable across healthcare systems, and are a system of record. These traits make them an ideal case for blockchain technology. We also want to explore other AWS services like Comprehend Medical which may help extract structure from prescriptions. Other aspects we want to consider are prescriptions generated by telemedicine apps and how can these be integrated into the system of record. Related documents like x-rays, blood test reports could be part of the ledger. Benefits from this experiment which we are seeking include easy introduction into AWS services which can enable patient electronic health record.
What is the atomic ledger entry, is it a drug prescribed (refer #6) or a patient level prescription data which can be harder to match sample datasets due to data privacy?
One of the motivating use cases is the current COVID wave in India (April/May 2021) where carers and patients are using social media to request for drugs/medicines while providing details on symptoms (fever) and medical condition (SpO2 levels, Chest CT results) related to COVID. Can this dataset be used for determining patterns on supply/demand, use/misuse of drugs, which further informs healthcare providers in care readiness, government interventions like education campaigns, pharmacies in stocking, etc.