NOV, 2017
->SETUP DISCORD COMMUNITY for health-experts, health-enthusiasts and clients.
-> SETUP STEEMIT ACCOUNT
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On Air-Clinic, our mission and vision emphasizes attention to details. Our aim is primarily to save lives using modern modalities that have been proven effective and efficient. Read below to find out how.
IntroductionAIR-CLINIC is the first healthcare facility built on the steem blockchain. Our aim is to decentralize healthcare thereby leading to less central control and increased functionality of the medical sector gloablly. The best part of it is that everyone will get rewarded for living healthy lives (or helping others do same). Join us as we detail the "whys" and "hows" below.
History Of Air-ClinicAir-Clinic was founded by a core team of two health-experts and a health-enthusiast who felt the need to effect considerable changes in the way the healthcare sector is handled. The Medical team is lead by Dr. George Edeh & Dr. Blessing Imade while the Business Team is lead by Mr. Ejemai.
We started off on a DISCORD COMMUNITY consisting of health-experts, health-workers, and clients. We organize daily health discussions, provide consultation services for clients, provide post-promotion channels and as well as a platform for familiarization between all of these different sets of people.
However, what we are doing is beyond DISCORD, that’s why we are building a world class web facility and steem frontend to carter to all the needs we must fill globally. In the nearest future we will have an APP for mobile device users to access us easily.
Why Decentralize Healthcare?The ongoing negative trend has been the politicization of healthcare. Take the political gaming involved in making & breaking ObamaCare in America as an example. Perhaps politicians don't realize that every action they take (or don't take) directly affect life. Or maybe they do but selfish ambitions always stand in the way of good deeds? We have made them gods that decide who lives and who dies. Is it supposed to be so?
Also there are issues of high cost of healthcare, inequitable distribution, slow hospital processes, long distances to the sources of healthcare etc. These and many other reasons inspires us to decentralize the health sector.
With decentralization, everyone understands their role and everyone plays it well. A hospital for example will deliver healthcare to the patients straight without middlemen. The blockchain's openledger helps increase transparency and its trustlessness improves services delivery.
Using cryptocurrencies to pay for healthcare is the future of medicine. This avails medicine of the opportunities abundant in this digital money era. No we will not miss out in the blockchain technology.
We are particularly interested in the Steem blockchain. We have seen everything that has been done on it including Utopian, DTube, DSound, DLive, etcz. This is not just another emptily lofty project. No!
AIR-CLINIC brings professionalism and professionals to the blockchain. Healthcare workers are known to deeply care and give all they have for saving lives. Our team is headed by two of them as well as a health-enthusiast. We all believe that Steem has a love node which we can spread via decentralization.
The advantages of decentralizing heathcare via the steem blockchain far outweigh the disadvantages if any at all. We are ready for the moon. Let's do this!
Our VisionWe see a world where a major percentage of all people will be healthy because of the ease of access to healthcare. The good thing is that people will be rewarded for living healthy lives and teaching others how to live healthy too.
Our Mission-> To decentralize healthcare
-> To provide easy, quick and affordable access to healthcare for everyone globally regardless of socioeconomic and personal barriers
-> To create a community of health experts, health enthusiasts and clients who can support each other for the sake of healthy living.
-> To increase the collaboration between health experts of different specialties and locations.
-> To provide a better, faster, more efficient method of payment for hospital transactions.
-> To remove middlemen and bottlenecks in healthcare access.
-> To reward everyone who contributes positively to the advancement of healthcare worldwide.
We Are Quick-> Most hospitals (especially the public ones) are known for their snail-like approach to patient care. Long queues, client embarrassment and rushed consultations are the norm.
-> We are changing that with quick and straight-to-the-point services. Doctors and other healthcare workers are on call 24/7 to solve your health problems.
We Are Accessible-> You can reach us on this website and also on our DISCORD with your phone, tablet or laptop from anywhere around the world. In due time we will have dedicated APPs just for AIR-CLINIC’s services.
-> Even our offline healthcare services will reach all nooks and crannies efficiently.
We Are Affordable->The high costs of healthcare is preventing many persons from accessing healthcare when necessary. Only the rich get optimum care.
-> We are combating that by using the STEEM BLOCKCHAIN to subsidize medicare. We also have a healthcare Foundation that will provide free services to the underprivileged in the society.
We Are Global-> Gone are the days when healthcare is limited by location on the map. Our services make it easy for a client in India to consult with a doctor in USA.
-> In cases where foreign referrals are needed for further investigations or treatment, it becomes easy when all the facilities and human resources are already inter-linked.
We Remove Middlemen-> Too many cooks they say spoil the brook. There are a lot of middle men draining resources and slowing down the processes.
-> We are bringing real change with the force of decentralization. Healthcare will now be delivered straight to the clients in a quick and non-stressful manner.
We Reward Contributions-> There are too many great men and women who brought innovation to medical practice. They need to be appreciated.
-> We are giving incentives to people who live healthy lives and spread optimum healthcare practices through content creation. Quality is rewarded with Steem and our own Smart Media Tokens.
Online Medical Services-> This is the crux of our services. We have built a world class discord server and web app where our clients can consult healthcare experts of different specialties globally for any type of ailment.
->Our service providers are on call 24/7 awaiting your call. Once they receive it, they consult with you and get you the best solutions for the situation.
Commonly used resources include;
-> Text Chat, Voice Chat, Video Chat, Graphs and Charts
-> Referral system: It will be easy for a medical practitioner to refer a client to another expert who either has more experience or is more specialized in a particular field.
Offline Medical Services Online services alone will not be enough to allow us to practice a wholistic approach in managing our patients. When we encounter cases that we can’t handle via the online means alone or in cases of emergency, we will have to use the offline method.
In this scenario, we will be the “medical matchmakers” connecting health service experts and providers to clients who require these services in a speed of light manner. Think of us as the medical version of Uber or AirBnB.
To allow us achieve this aim of “bringing hospitals to people”, we index health-experts, service providers, healthcare centers, emergency services on our server based on location. This will happen after verification of these services and individuals for quality through our criteria.
So when we get a got/beep, the available healthcare providers in the nearest location would be contacted to provide the service immediately. The following fields will be indexed.
-> INDEXING HEALTH EXPERTS- DOCTORS (Specialist and General Practitioner), Nurses, optometrists, physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists, etc
-> INDEXING HOSPITALS. Enough of long queues in hospitals because people go to hospitals. We are bringing hospitals to people. We choose the nearest available hospital that can provide a service based on the case at hand.
-> LABORATORY SERVICES.
-> INDEXING PHARMACEUTICALS.
-> INDEXING EMERGENCY SERVICES. There is too much time wasted by emergency services in providing services because of its centralized nature. We will change that by decentralizing that sector so that the nearest ambulance to an emergency will be called.
Rewarding Contributions To Medical SectorThere’s paucity of organized body that rewards curated medical research, health-related journals and achievements. This is where we come in;
We would reward health-experts, enthusiasts and clients who have contributed to the improvement of medical care in the following ways:
-> Articles, Essays, Researches etc
-> Client Testimonials and lessons after consultation
-> Outstanding public service in known medical bodies
-> Medical science discoveries of new medicines, new techniques, new surgeries, new knowledge, new observations etcx
Storage And Retrival Of Medical Records On The Blockchain->There are many problems with the traditional system of keeping patient case notes in hospitals only. The client will not be able to access his/her own records easily. Sometimes these documents are lost forever and many years of consulting healthcare becomes in vain.
-> It means Dr. A in Nigeria will see what Dr. B in UK has prescribed for a given client. The clients too can equally retrieve his/her notes for future references.
-> In as much as the file storage system is decentralized, it will still be private and only visible to necessary eyes authorized by the client.
Supply Of Essential Medicines In Collaboration With Pharmaceuticals-> We use our doctor’s prescription to find out the appropriate drugs. But we don’t just allow the client to go source it by him/herself. This is where many people go wrong because they could get the wrong prescriptions over-the-counter. Sometimes medications are even expired and the client doesn’t know.
-> We link up with standard pharmaceuticals worldwide to provide the needed medicines at affordable rates better than they could have been gotten outside our services and quality is guaranteed.
-> Our indexed pharmacists, pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical companies will come in handy here.
Laboratory Services In Collaboration With Major Laboratories
-> We link up our clients with the appropriate medical laboratory that will provide the investigations needed for further diagnosis and expert management of the case.
-> Like was mentioned earlier, we index Medical Laboratories and Medical Laboratory scientists, radiographers, pathologists, radiologists etcz.
Air Foundation With Free Medical Outreaches-> Despite all these many services, we know some under-privileged ones who do not have access to quality healthcare or the internet could still miss it.
-> On that note, we organize rural outreaches on a global scale to reach out to them and provide solutions.
-> We source for funds via donations from willing individuals who want their resources to do good work for humanity.
Revenue Sources
-> PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS FOR TREATMENT
-> SPONSORS, ICO, SMTs
-> SHARES FROM CONTRIBUTION REWARDS
-> FUND RAISING & DONATIONS
-> SHARES FROM OUR PARTNERS (HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, LABORATORIES etc)
Reward Distribution-> OUR CORE TEAM
-> OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS
-> OUR HEALTH EXPERTS
-> CONTRIBUTORS OF ESSAYS, ARTICLES, RESEARCHES etc (FOR HEALTH EXPERTS & ENTHUSIASTS)
-> OUR CLIENTS WHO DO TESTIMONIALS & LESSONS etc.
->SETUP DISCORD COMMUNITY for health-experts, health-enthusiasts and clients.
-> SETUP STEEMIT ACCOUNT
PARTNERSHIP, COLLABORATION & COMMUNITY-BUILDING
->Over 2000 Active Members On Discord & Steemit.
->Delivered over 100 health talks and free medical consultations.
BUILD OUR WEBSITE
-> DOMAIN: https://myAirClinic.com
-> Get alpha and beta testers.
-> Fix bugs.
PRELIMINARY PROMOTIONS
->Discord community, steemit trending page.
->Online Magazines, News outlets, forums etcz.
BUILD OUR WEB APP.
->Web App For Delivery Of Medical Services
->Steem frontend for making medical posts on the blockchain
-> Get alpha and beta testers.
-> Fix bugs.
BUILD NATIVE APP.
->Launch our Android & IOS Mobile Apps.
-> Get alpha and beta testers.
-> Fix bugs.
LAUNCH SMART MEDIA TOKEN & ICO.
->We leverage SMTs on the steem blockchain.
->Run a fundraising campaign, ICO, Bounties, Airdrops etcz.
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PROMOTION & GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS.
->Incorporate Laboratories, Pharmacies, Hospitals As Directories.
->Promote Massively via online & offline avenues.
->Scale beyond imaginations.
Stay Tuned
We believe we have given you a good glimpse into the seriousness of #AIR-CLINIC's vision and ambition. What we are doing is for eternity. We want our legacies to stand the test of time. With trusworthiness, humanity, service and transparency, we are erecting our dreams for a better medical world into reality.
Did we hear anyone say its impossible? Yes, we know we can do the impossible because we are on the Steem Blockchain. Here all worthwhile dreams come to pass.
Every sector of the world deserves to be decentralized and open-source. Let's build a medical world that will truly provide healthcare for everyone, everywhere.