Kudzai Maziriri

Distribution of Electronic Medical Records Using Blockchain and Mobile Computing

Electronic Medical Records(EMR) are a collection of patients’ health information stored on electronic storage, not paper-based storage. The patient’s information stored includes their allergies, past diagnosis, test, scans, etc. Most hospitals will require to have EMR systems that are distributed to easily access new patients’ details without the need to rely on the patient’s memory since humans tend to forget or they may miss important information, which could lead to misdiagnosis. The use of blockchain technology allows for the ease of the sharing of EMR, and blockchain provides a more secure sharing of EMR since it is tamper.resistant