Blockchain-Powered Integrated Health Profile and Record Management System for Seamless Consultation Leveraging Unique Identifiers

Integrated health profile (IHP) utilizes the power of blockchain technology and smart contracts to construct a decentralized and tamper-proof platform for storing and sharing decentralized health records. Ensuring security and removing all vulnerabilities from accessing doctor-patient data remotely aims to reduce patient wait times and chances of incorrect pre-consultation data. In the IHP system, every patient is linked with a unique identifier, and their health records linked to this unique identifier are stored securely. Everyone gets access to a personal IHP card, which plays a pivotal role in the entire IHP framework. It consists of a database of patient health records, including but not limited to reports, prescriptions, medical bills, and insurance receipts. Each card's unique identifier is printed on the physical card with a QR code linked to it. When scanned by the medical practitioner, the request is validated using an OTP-based two-factor authentication. Upon successful verification, the patient controls what subset of their medical database the practitioner would be able to access. This gives the patient control over the privacy of medical records. Implementation of this framework reduces manual doctor-patient questioning time and waiting time at medical center receptions. Overall, it reduces various administrative tasks and eliminates the need to have, keep, and carry physical records, improving operational productivity. This is done by harnessing the strength of application programming interfaces (APIs) that connect customer-centric applications (CCAs) that are used by customers to discover medical facilities to medical service provider applications (MSPs) that fulfill the medical service. Real-time information on medical facilities is fetched via APIs, giving all CCAs access to real-time information on all MSPs and helping fulfill medical service demands at scale.

Keywords: Blockchain, Blockchain health records, Integrated health profile, Medical service provider, Patient consultation, Record management system, Unique identifiers.