The problem Medscape solves

Medscape is a revolutionary decentralized web3 project that addresses several critical challenges in the healthcare industry. Its primary goal is to revolutionize the healthcare experience by leveraging the advantages of blockchain technology and web3 concepts.
Accessibility and Convenience: Traditional healthcare often lacks accessibility and convenience for patients. Medscape aims to bridge this gap by bringing medical consultations to users' fingertips through a decentralized platform. With web3 technology, patients can easily connect with doctors directly, reducing the need for intermediaries and streamlining the process of seeking medical assistance.
Centralized Medical Records and Privacy Concerns: Centralized storage of medical records poses significant privacy risks. Medscape's solution involves storing patient records on-chain using blockchain technology. This approach provides robust encryption and ensures that only authorized parties have access to the information through cryptographic keys. By eliminating central servers, the platform minimizes the risk of data breaches, empowering patients to have greater control over their personal health data.
Trust and Verification of Medical Professionals: Patients may face challenges in verifying the credentials of medical professionals in conventional healthcare systems. Medscape's solution involves storing doctor details and documents on-chain, verified on the admin side. The use of blockchain technology ensures the integrity and authenticity of these records, providing patients with a reliable platform to connect with qualified and licensed medical practitioners.
Security and Integrity of Health Data: Data security is paramount in healthcare, as patient records contain sensitive information. Medscape utilizes the inherent security features of blockchain technology, such as immutability and consensus mechanisms, to protect health data from unauthorized modifications and ensure its integrity.

Challenges we ran into

Implementing Social Authentication Using Polybase:
One of the primary challenges we faced was integrating social authentication seamlessly into our healthcare appointment management system. We opted for Polybase as our preferred authentication method due to its versatility in supporting multiple social media providers. However, the implementation process proved intricate as each social media provider had its unique API structure and authentication flow.

Optimizing Smart Contracts:
Our appointment management system relied heavily on smart contracts to facilitate secure and transparent transactions between doctors and patients. However, ensuring the efficiency and optimization of smart contracts became a significant challenge. As the system expanded, the execution time and gas costs associated with smart contracts began to escalate.

To overcome this hurdle, we extensively audited and refactored our smart contracts to minimize redundant computations and reduce gas consumption.

Problems with Multiple Social Authentication Providers:
While we successfully implemented Polybase for social authentication, managing multiple social authentication providers posed an ongoing challenge. Different social media platforms frequently update their APIs and authentication processes, requiring constant monitoring and adaptation to maintain seamless integration.

Uploading Images to IPFS Using Pinata:
Storing and retrieving images securely and efficiently was crucial for our healthcare appointment management system. We chose IPFS as our decentralized file storage solution. However, implementing image uploading and retrieval to IPFS via Pinata proved to be more intricate than anticipated.

Mapping Appointments of Doctors with Patients:
Creating a seamless mapping system that matched doctors with their respective patients was a complex challenge, considering the dynamic nature of appointment scheduling.