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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 December 2016 at 10:27, Stuart Houston via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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</div></div><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Erick,<div><br><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>BC could be used to </div><div>1) Ensure their medical records can't be interfered with, guaranteeing their authenticity (important for insurance, legal cases and the person themselves).</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe BC could be the answer, maybe not, but certainly worth investigating!</div></div><div>If there's someone interested in working with us on this let us know.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-2040359990025666424gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:MyriadPro-Regular,'Myriad Pro Regular',MyriadPro,'Myriad Pro',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,73,96);padding-bottom:20px"><span style="font-size:13.63636302947998px;color:rgb(88,88,91)">Regards</span></p><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:14pt">Stuart Houston</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">Vimak Company</span></div><p style="font-family:MyriadPro-Regular,'Myriad Pro Regular',MyriadPro,'Myriad Pro',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding-bottom:20px;color:rgb(88,88,91)"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BxyygwvVoBk5cmVvQWlDYzhETjQ&revid=0BxyygwvVoBk5bkh0QUFCZG0xT0Q1b21hMDRXd3ZyalRBMWZzPQ" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:18.6666660308838px" width="96" height="36"><br></p><p style="font-family:MyriadPro-Regular,'Myriad Pro Regular',MyriadPro,'Myriad Pro',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding-bottom:20px;color:rgb(88,88,91)">Studio House, 5th Floor, Marcus Garvey Rd off Argwings Kodhek Rd <br>+254 711 231726 | +254 731 993931 | <a href="mailto:info@vimak.co.ke" target="_blank">info@vimak.co.ke</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Erick Mwangi via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers,</div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature">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.</div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature">Wish someone from the CSs team would give us the reasoning behind this.</div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature">Eric</div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="m_-2040359990025666424h5"><div><br>On 16 Dec 2016, at 02:17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 December 2016 at 10:37, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029gmail-m_-4719763789279928550AppleMailSignature">2. Other uses for BlockChain being considered by Government. </div><div id="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029gmail-m_-4719763789279928550AppleMailSignature"></div></blockquote></div><br>Land registry, education records, and medical records.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">According to CS Joe Mucheru.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-2040359990025666424m_-3477707623115204029gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><br></div></div>
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