[kictanet] Snippets from the BlockChain Conference happeningnow at Strathmore

Fri Dec 16 11:13:54 EAT 2016

Stuart,

Blockchain in healthcare sounds like an interesting thing. Tell me more...
I report on health and am thinking of a digital-business angle for a health
feature.

Regards,

Stellar Murumba

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On 16 December 2016 at 10:27, Stuart Houston via kictanet <
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> 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
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> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Erick Mwangi via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On 16 Dec 2016, at 02:17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
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>> 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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