System and method for using a blockchain to manage medical transactions between entities in a healthcare ecosystem

A method for performing a medical transaction using a hyperledger, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a computing device associated with a medical personnel entity, a request to perform the medical transaction between the medical personnel entity and a patient entity, wherein the medical personnel entity is associated with a medical personnel node and the patient entity is associated with a patient node, and a respective copy of the hyperledger is maintained at both the medical personnel node and the patient node;
• identifying a transaction in the hyperledger that stores an authorizing credential of the medical personnel entity;
• determining whether to allow the medical transaction to be performed based on at least the authorizing credential of the medical personnel entity;
• and
• responsive to determining to allow the medical transaction to be performed, updating the respective copy of the hyperledger with the medical transaction at the medical personnel node and the patient node.

A method for performing a medical transaction using a hyperledger, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a patient computing device, a medical facility computing device that is within a threshold distance of a geolocation of the patient computing device, wherein the medical facility computing device is associated with a medical facility entity and the patient computing device is associated with a patient entity;
• transmitting, from the patient computing device, a request to perform a medical transaction to the medical facility computing device, wherein the request comprises an authenticating credential associated with the patient entity, and a determination is made whether to allow performance of the medical transaction based on one or more rules that specify allowing the medical transaction to be added to a hyperledger when at least the authenticating credential in the hyperledger is verified;
• and
• receiving a notification from the medical facility computing device that indicates the medical transaction has been performed.