[kictanet] Snippets from the BlockChain Conference happening now at Strathmore

[Stuart Houston]

Hi Erick,

I believe blockchain can be applied to medical records. We are currently
programme managers for MoH and WHO in deploying a county-wide, and possibly
later a nationwide, electronic health management system for public health
facilities. One of the challenges comes with trying to ensure security and
authenticity while the patient visits multiple health centres and hospitals
in the county.

BC could be used to
1) Ensure their medical records can't be interfered with, guaranteeing
their authenticity (important for insurance, legal cases and the person
themselves).
2) Help confirming the patient's identity so as to link new records to
existing ones, no matter the facility they are being treated at.

Maybe BC could be the answer, maybe not, but certainly worth investigating!
If there's someone interested in working with us on this let us know.

Regards
Stuart Houston
Vimak Company


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On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Erick Mwangi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> While this is certainly huge - it's important to note Blockchain is not
> applicable to everything - it's a Time stamp distributed ledger. The key
> word is Time stamp where an existing authority is not "trusted". I can
> definitely see the land registry angle however am not too sure re medical
> records, the question would be what/why is being solved.
>
> Wish someone from the CSs team would give us the reasoning behind this.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 16 Dec 2016, at 02:17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> On 15 December 2016 at 10:37, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> 2. Other uses for BlockChain being considered by Government.
>>
>
> Land registry, education records, and medical records.
>
> According to CS Joe Mucheru.
>
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