Secure dispersed network for improved communications between healthcare industry participants

A computer-based method comprising:

• providing a blockchain computing system that stores and maintains a blockchain ledger, wherein the blockchain computing system hosts:
• (i) an encrypted electronic health record associated with a patient, and (ii) a smart contract that uses the blockchain ledger to verify blockchain transactions with the smart contract;
• providing an off-chain computer system comprising:
• a third-party module configured to enable a third party to generate a smart contract to incentivize a patient to complete a task (e.g., perform an action or purchase a product or service), wherein the smart contract is published to the blockchain ledger,
• a patient module configured to enable the patient to:
• (i) selectively grant access to at least a portion of the encrypted electronic health record associated with the patient to an authorized doctor, and (ii) generate a request to execute the smart contract, and
• a doctor module configured to enable the authorized doctor to:
• (i) access the encrypted electronic health record, and (ii) generate a request to publish a block to the blockchain ledger, wherein the block includes updated medical information about the patient;
• receiving, by the blockchain computing system, a request by the patient to execute the smart contract via a blockchain transaction;
• verifying, by the blockchain computing system, that the blockchain transaction satisfies the smart contract;
• and
• transferring, if the blockchain transaction satisfies the smart contract, a blockchain token to a digital wallet associated with the patient.