{"id":107437,"date":"2021-05-19T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=107437"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:21:28","slug":"iit-m-team-develops-blocktrack-app-for-healthcare-information-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iit-m-team-develops-blocktrack-app-for-healthcare-information-system\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT-M team develops &#8220;Blocktrack app&#8221; for healthcare information system"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have developed a mobile app named \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iit-m-team-develops-blocktrack-app-for-healthcare-information-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blocktrack app<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Blocktrack App:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blocktrack <\/strong>is a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blockchain-technology-3\/\"><strong>blockchain<\/strong><\/a>-based secure medical data and information exchange system for mobile phone applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: The App aims to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digitise healthcare information systems.\u00a0<\/span>At the same time the app will protect sensitive personal information and medical records. It will decentralise control and ownership of patient data using a blockchain-based innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Features of the Blocktrack App:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly<\/strong>, Blocktrack is developed to integrate primary healthcare, medical prescription, pharmacy, distribution and insurance network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly<\/strong>, the app has two separate versions \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one for patients and another for doctors<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly<\/strong>, the app algorithm generates identification codes for users. This ensures uniqueness across boundaries with very little chance for duplication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly<\/strong>, the app allows for the interoperability of systems for multiple hospitals, institutes and healthcare organisations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lastly<\/strong>, the patients can choose to visit any medical facility on BlockTrack&#8217;s blockchain network without worrying about duplicate records or re-registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/lifestyle\/health\/iit-m-researchers-develop-blockchain-based-healthcare-info-system-for-mobile-apps\/2247977\/\"><strong>Financial Express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have developed a mobile app named \u201cBlocktrack app\u201d. About Blocktrack App: Blocktrack is a blockchain-based secure medical data and information exchange system for mobile phone applications. Purpose: The App aims to digitise healthcare information systems.\u00a0At the same time the app will protect sensitive personal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iit-m-team-develops-blocktrack-app-for-healthcare-information-system\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IIT-M team develops &#8220;Blocktrack app&#8221; for healthcare information system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1428],"class_list":["post-107437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700773583,"cached_date":1700847622},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}