zKare

zKare

Making the world's largest patient-centric real-world data marketplace where patients drive medical research and accelerate drug discovery.

zKare

zKare

Making the world's largest patient-centric real-world data marketplace where patients drive medical research and accelerate drug discovery.

The problem zKare solves

Medical data management and analytics are crucial components of the healthcare system. In recent times, the advent of digital technologies has facilitated the collection, processing, and analysis of medical data. However, the potential of medical data is not fully realized due to concerns related to data privacy, security, and ownership. The centralized management of medical data also poses challenges related to interoperability, scalability, and accessibility.

In this context, zKare is a decentralized platform that ensures secure and privacy-preserving medical data management and analytics. The platform is based on the concept of proof of trust, using the newest protocol, which enables users to control their data while allowing healthcare institutions to access and use the data for research and development.

The zKare platform solves the interoperability challenge by providing a decentralized platform that enables healthcare providers to access patient data from multiple sources securely. Patients can choose to share their data with healthcare providers, researchers, and other stakeholders. In exchange, they can receive incentives, such as compensation or access to new treatments and therapies.

The platform also solves the data privacy and security challenge by using zero-knowledge proofs to ensure that patient data is protected from unauthorized access and misuse. Zero-knowledge proofs allow healthcare providers to access patient data without revealing any sensitive information, ensuring that patient privacy is preserved.

Challenges we ran into

While we were excited to explore Polygon ID for our project, we encountered several challenges with the documentation and SDK:

  1. Documentation:
    Outdated: The official documentation appears outdated, leading to confusion and wasted time.
    Missing Information: Key aspects of the platform, such as specific implementations and best practices, lack clear documentation.
  2. Solidity Version:
    The documented Solidity version is incompatible with current development standards, requiring additional workarounds.
  3. SDK Implementability:
    We encountered significant difficulties implementing the SDK due to inconsistencies and missing functionalities.

We also faced issues with Anon Aadhar, where there is no library for Flutter, and we needed it for the native app.

Tracks Applied (11)

Arbitrum Track

We have deployed the smart contract on Arbitrum that is responsible for burning the tokens once the user gets approval f...Read More

Arbitrum

Polygon Track

We utilize both Polygon ID and zkEVM. Polygon ID is utilized to store the medical data of users, where hospitals will be...Read More

Polygon

Filecoin Track

We are using Filecoin Saturn as a CDN for our project. We are also utilizing Lighthouse.Storage to store the patient med...Read More

Filecoin

Ethereum Foundation Track

We are using Anon Aadhar's SDK during the registration stage as KYC and also to limit accounts to 1 per user. This will ...Read More

Ethereum Foundation

Waku Track

We utilize Waku to facilitate chat between the research institute and the users, to further discuss on the details of th...Read More

waku

Alliance Track

We have been working on this idea for a long time, having received LoIs from 4 hospitals and won grants in ETHWaterloo. ...Read More

Alliance

Push Protocol Track

We are using the Push protocol in several ways: When the research institutes need people for a survey or clinical trial,...Read More

Push Protocol

Lighthouse.storage Track

We are using Lighthouse.Storage to store patient medical data once it has been submitted and approved for participating ...Read More

lighthouse

OKX Track

We are deploying a smart contract on the z1 blockchain to transfer the tokens when the research institute approves the u...Read More

OKX

Scroll Track

We have deployed the smart contract on the Scroll blockchain, which allows the research institute to issue an NFT when t...Read More

Scroll

XMTP Track

We are utilizing XMTP as a referral system between users, and also for hospitals to identify users on their graph and re...Read More

XMTP

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