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Medichain – Medical Data Evolution

Medichain – Medical Data Evolution Traditionally,  a patient’s medical records used to be written on a piece of papers and kept away lackadaisically. Given the importance of medical records in tracing the history of certain medical conditions, data of diseases, and overall well-being of patients, this form of data storage can be ineffective. This is because these data hold sensitive information and detail vital for maintaining the patient’s health. Misplaced medical records are now the third largest cause of death in the world today. Even stored digitally in various hospitals’ computers, it can be penetrated by unwanted persons leading to the loss of data. There can be other hitches that can mitigate the movement of these data from one medical center to another in a patient’s treatment. In this day and age, technology evolution has made storage of medical data on papers irrelevant. Medical data can now be stored easier and faster using electronic means. Death based on