Appropriately Matching Transport Care Units to Patients in Interhospital Transport Care: Implementation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In interfacility transport care, a critical challenge exists in accurately matching ambulance response levels to patients' needs, often hindered by limited access to essential patient data at the time of transport requests. Existing systems cannot integrate patient data from sending hospitals' electronic health records (EHRs) into the transfer request process, primarily due to privacy concerns, interoperability challenges, and the sensitive nature of EHR data. We introduce a distributed digital health platform, Interfacility Transport Care (ITC)-InfoChain, designed to solve this problem without compromising EHR security or data privacy.

Objective

This study aimed to detail the implementation of ITC-InfoChain, a secure, blockchain-based platform designed to enhance

SUBMITTER: Hasavari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681279 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature