A Fyarekod, an IT firm, has said its automated Universal Patient Portal, a block-chain driven technology, will transform patient care in Africa.
It said through a secure central platform (myrekod.com), patients can access their health data and medical history.
AfyaRekod was founded in 2019 as an Adanian Lab start-up with seed funding from Mac Venture Capital and Next Chymia.
Chief Executive Officer John Kamara saw first-hand how lack of records and static data could lead to poor medical management when a friend died having received wrong intervention.
He built an AI platform to track health data, aimed at bridging the gap between health care and treatment.
According to him, medical records are vital in managing health, notifying professionals of medications, chronic illness, past problems and procedures, to determine appropriate treatment.
“…Our tool now allows patients to create a portal with all their health data and most importantly gives patients sovereign rights of ownership of their data. “The patient logs in and sees all the information from the hospital. They don’t have to ask the hospital or beg for information. It’s their right to have access to it,” Kamara said.