Kenya-based AfyaReko, an innovative digital health
portal built on blockchain technology to help people store, manage and track
their health records, is expected to be launched in the UK this week.
AfyaReko, a brainchild
of Founder/CEO John Kamara is a secured centralized platform through which patients and the medical professionals
treating them will have real-time access to their health data and medical
history, not only ensuring effective ongoing medical management but critical, timely access to information in an emergency.
Announcing the official launch of the platform
on its LinkedIn social media page, it acknowledged that access to patients' data
for diagnostic and medical intervention is a constant challenge for both
patients and medical professionals, as mobility of patients' data from one
health facility to the other, and from one healthcare touch point to the other
is not centralized for timely treatment, posing a challenge for providers in
designing the most effective treatment plan and care.
According to the health tech firm, medical
records are a vital tool in managing health, adding that notifying healthcare
professionals of medications, chronic illnesses, past problems, and procedures ultimately allows them to determine the most accurate course of treatment
Misdiagnosis is
serious and can lead to a delay in treatment of the real condition.
“An IOM report
released in 2015 indicated that around 12 million instances of patient misdiagnosis
occur annually in the USA, a country with a well-developed healthcare sector.
Misdiagnosis is preventable, but only if health records are accurate and mobile,”
it's said.
By: Kanto Okanta
