karan2605 / MedBlock

A healthcare portal prototype built on the Ethereum blockchain network to improve communication and trust between patients and doctors

MedBlock: A Patient Medical Record System using Ethereum Blockchain

Description:

A scalable prototype website that allows patients to access their medical data and interact with doctors and other medical workers. Website is built using React.js and system back-end composing of the Ethereum Blockchain network and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS).

Prequisites:

• Ganache - Used to run a private Ethereum blockchain network locally on your device for test and development purposes. Downloaded and installed from here: https://trufflesuite.com/ganache/

Installation:

Download the folder and open a terminal window in this directory, run npm install to install all required libraries.

Running the Website:

1. Open the Ganache program and create a new project, open truffle-config.js and change the host and port if different.
2. Run truffle migrate --reset to deploy smart contract to the Ganache blockchain, once deployed the contracts should display on Ganache on the 'Contracts' tab.
3. Run npm run start to start the Node.js server for the website. Once initiated, the local URL for the website will be provided.
4. Press Ctrl-C to stop the Node server once finished.