Uplift: Decentralized Prescription Database

UI of the Medical Database

Inspiration

It is widely known that the United States (US) is amid an opioid epidemic. Opioids are a class of drugs that consists of heroin and legal pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine. Pain-relieving opioids can be safe when prescribed for the right reasons and duration. However, these opioids can easily be misused due to the production of euphoria and pain relief. Due to these effects, regular use (even through valid prescriptions) can yield dependence and addiction. In turn, the abuse of pain relievers often leads to overdose and death. Every day in the United States, over 115 Americans die after overdosing on opioids.

What it does

A decentralized app (Dapp) that tracks opioid prescriptions using distributed ledger technology, thereby ensuring the secure exchange and management of electronic opioid medications and incentivizing secondary use of clinical data.

How we built it

We built it using Remix (online Solidity IDE) and created the mockup UI on Figma.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Actually attending 2-3 of the workshops held throughout the hackathon and then implementing small things that we learned across the way to our project.