eternal light: Petlife

Introduction
Petlife is an international veterinary telemedicine marketplace based on blockchain. The service allows conducting remote consultations online, solves the problems of vet shortage and the quality of veterinary care. We are planning to unite veterinarians in Europe, Asia and Northern America. The link between veterinarians and animal owners is blockchain and telemedicine.

We plan to introduce up to 30 veterinary specializations and areas such as surgery, therapy, radiology, rehabilitation, oncology. Vets will be able to consult animal owners to solve common and rare problems: vaccinations, post-surgery conditions, suspected twisted gut, poisoning with household chemicals, treatment of parasitic infestations, itching skin. Animal owners will be able to send medical data required for qualified medical assessments: medical reports, lab results, CT scans, X-ray, ultrasound and MRI tests. Our veterinary telemedicine platform works 24/7/365.

How does it work?

Choosing your vet and mode of communication

Pet owner chooses a vet - general practitioner or specialist, for example, surgeon, dermatologist, oncologist, then convenient time and mode of communication - video conference, online chat or telephone call.

Consultation

Vet analyzes veterinary record, history of diseases, prior tests and prescriptions and questions the patient. After the consultation the vet prepares a detailed report, electronic prescription and gives recommendations.

Data storage

Electronic medical record stores all treatment-related data introduced by the vet or pet owner. All people participating in the treatment are indicated in the record. In case you want to sell your pet, the record will be sold together with the animal.

Petlife. Why do we use blockchain?

To store data. Veterinary record: Reports of veterinarians, preoperative diagnoses, surgery protocols, results of ultrasound, functional and X-ray diagnostics, prescriptions and recommendations. Petlife App will update the entire chain of blocks in real time and show the changes in the treatment process and animal's condition.

To treat. Access to medical data and veterinary record. Chain inalterability allows the doctor to assess the quality of treatment and to prepare a competent answer or report for court. Veterinary record is a clinical tool for treatment quality control, monitoring of previous treatment and results.

To pay for services. Solution to 2 problems associated with payment:

direct cross-border payments without international currency conversion fees;
express payment between participants of the system, insurance companies, clinics and pharmaceutical companies.

Advantages of Petlife

Blockchain medical record

Digital data storage improves the quality of medical and veterinary care and, at the same time, reduces costs. Analysis by Dwight Evans, Paul Nichol and Jonathan Perlin of the University of Cambridge confirms that electronic medical record improves overall efficiency of medical care by 6% per year. A study by Basit Chaudhry and Jerome Wang from the University of California showed that the implementation of electronic medical records saves up to 73% of time required for processing a prescription and preparation for medication distribution, up to 43% of time required for the preparation of radiological report an up to 25% for medical reports.

In 2016 Estonian e-Health Foundation in cooperation with Guardtime launched a development project aimed at protecting health-related records with the help of blockchain. E-Health Foundation in Estonia includes personal medical record for the registration and control of medical data for patients. The aim is to instantly restrict access in case of unauthorized intrusion.

Petlife medical record is a "chain of veterinary services" which includes information on initial registration of an animal, test results and treatment control. Blocks store pet's medical history: prescribed drugs and treatment results, immunization results, conclusions of laboratory tests and ultrasound diagnostics, DICOM-files, personal info - age, weight and also account information.

Veterinary medical record will utilize personal blockchain based on Ethereum. It gives the owner full access and control over his/her pet-related data. The user of a personal account can set access levels for vets, insurance companies and any other member of the ecosystem using Access Permission. Permission can be temporary, for example, for an insurance company to evaluate treatment quality.

Access to veterinary record from the side of Petlife will be granted only to approved specialists for data audit - error correction, analytical data for AI module and elimination of irrelevant temporary permissions.