Quote from: molecularman on October 12, 2017, 12:53:19 PM

Another blockchain healthcare attempt that makes little sense.

The payment system won't work with insurance. It's a separate process that isn't mentioned here.

The whole idea is predicated on every healthcare entity adopting the same blockchain. Otherwise it's just another different system.

Hospitals have their own servers and utilize various programs. I have no issue accessing pt. medical records, documenting, billing..etc. All is done quickly and efficiently. The issue occurs across hospital systems, in which the medical records must be printed and manually entered into the next system.

I absolutely get how blockchain could help with that. But again, it's predicated on it being a universal adoption. If that doesn't happen, then it's just another system, same as any other.

If someone could create a universal medical data system from which each program (regardless of the program used) could access and modify - it would be huge! Think of it like the internet. One group uses Firefox, another Chrome, another Brave (shout-out to BAT). But each program allows folks to access the same thing. This is desperately needed in healthcare.

Hello molecularman,

As you may be aware, I (one of the cofounders) am physician and an entrepreneur. I have already created a telemedicine company in France and we have projects in 6 different countries. So I'm quite aware of the problems that you are pointing out. And therefore, we have address some of them on the previous blog post https://medium.com/@hearthy/what-will-be-the-first-of-hearthy-400f202cc860

The roadmap is clear on the fact that we don't pretend to have universal adoption immediately. That would be an illusion. If I take again the example that you gave about Chrome / Firefox / etc... we don't want to create one of those. We want to create the HTTP protocol. A new one, but in healthcare. But to do so we need a MVP. That MVP will be like a little browser, that works in some place and then scale up from there. It will take years ? Yes. But it is needed so someone has to do it.

If you have other questions, please contact us on https://t.me/joinchat/FH65F0IDyxLajpe-Kp6ecw we will answer your questions.