Leveraging Blockchain to Facilitate Data Capture and Incentivize Positive Behaviors
2022年8月2日 - 3:19PM
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New Study Investigates the Role of Blockchain-Based Data Capture
& Crypto Incentives in Improving Patient Outcomes MMUST, the
premier technology and innovation university in Kenya, and
Immunify.Life, a transformative and self-sustaining healthcare
ecosystem secured by blockchain, has entered into a partnership
that will leverage MMUST’s academic and research prowess and the
advanced tech infrastructure of Immunify.Life to address the issue
of poor patient data collection, patient relapses, and misaligned
incentives with a specific focus on HIV-positive patients in Kenya.
In the innovative new study, Masinde Muliro University of Science
and Technology (MMUST) and Immunify.Life will use blockchain
technology to redesign health data capture, transmission, and
sharing processes as well as treatment incentives to improve the
health outcomes of HIV-positive patients in Kenya. This will be a
5-year collaborative effort, with the major goal being to improve
patient outcomes and strengthen the performance of the Kenyan
healthcare system. By carefully designing clinical studies in
different regions across Kenya and addressing key healthcare
challenges faced by some of the country’s most vulnerable
populations, MMUST and Immunify.Life hopes to accurately identify
the risk factors, causes, and obstacles faced by HIV patients in
contracting HIV, receiving treatment, and adhering to their care
regimens. One of the key features of the first study – which will
commence in August – will be the use of Immunify.Life’s token
reward system in improving treatment adherence in HIV/AIDS
patients. All of the relevant approvals (specifically from the
Institutional Ethics Committee and the National Commission for
Science, Technology & Innovation) have been granted to MMUST
for using Immunify.Life’s technology platform for this study. While
Kenya has achieved a number of UNAID’s HIV 2020 goals, the country
still has a long way to go, particularly in the areas of effective
and sustained ART (antiretroviral treatment – the primary treatment
for HIV/AIDS). About 70% of adults living with HIV in Kenya access
treatment, but treatment coverage for children under the age of 15
is lower at about 60%. In Kakamega County where the MMUST and
Immunify.Life study will be conducted, there are high prevalence,
infection, and relapse rates for men, women, and children, making
it the perfect location for a comprehensive, data-intensive study
of HIV/AIDS and the socio-economic, policy, and related challenges
that prevent people from receiving the treatments available to
them. Study Objectives The primary objective of the first study is
to investigate the effectiveness of incentives and paperless
tracking systems on HIV treatment outcomes in the low
socio-economic setting of Kakamega County. Other objectives of the
study include: Testing the effectiveness of crypto-based token
rewards on HIV/AIDS treatment adherence amongst patients with
suspected treatment failure in Kakamega County; Evaluating the
impact of token rewards systems on healthcare providers;
Identifying the socioeconomic factors that hinder the retention of
HIV patients with suspected treatment failures; Developing and
testing an integrated, cloud-based system for improving treatment
adherence of HIV/AIDS patients with suspected treatment failures.
The HIV treatment outcomes study is the perfect opportunity for
MMUST, Immunify.Life, and other official partners and organizations
such as Kenyan healthcare policy leaders and strategists to conduct
a real-world test of the effectiveness of crypto-based rewards and
blockchain-based data capture and sharing on HIV treatment
adherence rates. The technologies in play have the power to vastly
improve treatment adherence and empower patients, communities, and
entire countries, and this study hopes to prove beyond any doubt
the benefits of an integrated, blockchain-based approach to
tackling some of the world’s most important health challenges.
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology is a
technology-oriented, innovative university in Kenya. With about
17,000 students enrolled, the university focuses on international
collaboration. It has a partnership with an NGO called Save the
Children Fund which staffs 25,000 people in 117 countries. The
Immunify.Life team says its mission is to “transform the landscape
of health management and data utilization” by strengthening global
health systems and access to health data “via an incentivized data
capture tool developed for the Immunify.Life disease register.” The
organization hopes to scale organically by expanding its patient
base through working with various government entities, NGOs and
donors.
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