ANN [MEDX] The First Decentralized Healthcare Network

[mepraver]

having a background in medical, i think that something like secure decentralized medical records is a good idea as one of the problems in healthcare is letting practitioners access records as right now there are so many proprietary storage systems that practitioners cannot get the info they need as its on a system they do not have access to. even then sometimes formats are not compatible with a practices existing software so examining it can be time consuming and problematic.

but if this takes off the storage requirements could grow to staggeringly huge numbers as imaging (mri pet ct etc) in particular gets more complex (ie file sizes grow).  so forgive me if this has been answered but is this actually realistic? how much storage can this scale to? not the blockchain that stores the hashes but the storage of the actual patient data.

The actual volume of storage is not a limitation. Storage is cheap and it's only getting cheaper.

[vapourminer]

having a background in medical, i think that something like secure decentralized medical records is a good idea as one of the problems in healthcare is letting practitioners access records as right now there are so many proprietary storage systems that practitioners cannot get the info they need as its on a system they do not have access to. even then sometimes formats are not compatible with a practices existing software so examining it can be time consuming and problematic.

but if this takes off the storage requirements could grow to staggeringly huge numbers as imaging (mri pet ct etc) in particular gets more complex (ie file sizes grow).  so forgive me if this has been answered but is this actually realistic? how much storage can this scale to? not the blockchain that stores the hashes but the storage of the actual patient data.

The actual volume of storage is not a limitation. Storage is cheap and it's only getting cheaper.

sure its not a limitation in theory. the hardware for the storage is doable. but where is it stored physically or is that not decided yet, ie have any datacenters or whatever been chosen. whats the game plan for expansion, backup, throughput? any testing done?

[mepraver]

having a background in medical, i think that something like secure decentralized medical records is a good idea as one of the problems in healthcare is letting practitioners access records as right now there are so many proprietary storage systems that practitioners cannot get the info they need as its on a system they do not have access to. even then sometimes formats are not compatible with a practices existing software so examining it can be time consuming and problematic.

but if this takes off the storage requirements could grow to staggeringly huge numbers as imaging (mri pet ct etc) in particular gets more complex (ie file sizes grow).  so forgive me if this has been answered but is this actually realistic? how much storage can this scale to? not the blockchain that stores the hashes but the storage of the actual patient data.

The actual volume of storage is not a limitation. Storage is cheap and it's only getting cheaper.

sure its not a limitation in theory. the hardware for the storage is doable. but where is it stored physically or is that not decided yet, ie have any datacenters or whatever been chosen. whats the game plan for expansion, backup, throughput? any testing done?

We are using Swarm for storage. This makes our data storage decentralized. I wrote a blog post on how we will leverage Swarm/Ethereum to manage permissions and encrypt healthcare data: https://medium.com/medcredits/a-technical-overview-of-medcredits-decentralized-and-encrypted-emr-d94ca81533e2

We are very committed to truly decentralized solutions and don't like the idea of using data-centers or non-profit institutions to store our data. That inevitably becomes a source of centralization.

[mepraver]

Check out the latest MedCredits interview:

https://www.bitsonline.com/medcredits-ethereum-telemedicine/

[Jekwizor]

Demo of the MedCredits Platform! The first decentralized healthcare platform ever released! MedCredits is the first decentralized healthcare platform connecting patients and doctors worldwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUvg6kDD8pY

[hisun]

Medical reform through blockchain technology is indeed a good idea and looks forward to more information.

[Semen222]

Ohh no. What is it? Guessing by SMS? The diagnosis by voice message? Tests and tests you also on the phone will take? Who will take responsibility for the wrong diagnosis?

[Semen222]

Coin-one-day? Or is it the student's course work? You, excuse me, but I want to understand.

[mepraver]

Ohh no. What is it? Guessing by SMS? The diagnosis by voice message? Tests and tests you also on the phone will take? Who will take responsibility for the wrong diagnosis?

Hi, the diagnosis is delivered via text. Patients send photos of their dermatology problems. We will be upgrading to video in the future as well.

[infobox]

When are you planning to run the ICO? Have you already scheduled it? I'm also interested in knowing when the bounty campaign will resume

[infobox]

When are you planning to run the ICO? Have you already scheduled it? I'm also interested in knowing when the bounty campaign will resume

We are currently running a whitelist registration - medcredits.io/whitelist
On January 14th we will contact everyone and start the process of KYC and collecting contributions.
The bounty campaign will resume closer to the public token sale (around February).

Great! Thanks so much for your reply. I'm looking forward to the crowdsale and the bounty campaign in February.

[mepraver]

For all who can, tune in to our interview at 4pm EST with Coin Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr685KQl-qs&feature=share

[jhean_arcane]

This is a good idea. But I am concerned for misdiagnosis. I am not a doctor but I can site an example like the signs and symptoms are of lung cancer is similar to tuberculosis. I just hope that the benefits outweighs the negatives.

[mepraver]

Check-out our latest blog post! This really gets to the heart of the MedCredits platform.

https://medium.com/medcredits/the-first-decentralized-registry-of-physicians-ca88a7d5f252

[mepraver]

MedCredits in The Cointelegraph!

https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/medcredits-releases-decentralized-telemedicine-platform

[Smart_cat]

Hi! I didn't find the info when is ICO will take place ? Do you have the right dates and what is hard cap for ICO?

[JimmyTwice]

It seems a bit complicated, where can I read more infos?

[mepraver]

It seems a bit complicated, where can I read more infos?

https://medcredits.io

Be sure to check out the demo!

[mepraver]

Hi all, want to share an interview I recently did with Coin Clarity:

https://coinclarity.com/ico-events/medcredits/#interview

[mepraver]

Our CEO, Dr. James Todaro, was on the automata podcast discussing MedCredits!

https://m.soundcloud.com/automatadigital/medcredits-ceo-james-todaro