diff --git a/82.md b/82.md index 733ae8e..7a69e67 100644 --- a/82.md +++ b/82.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Medical Data This NIP defines `kind:32225` (a parameterized replaceable event according to NIP-33) to carry secret-encrypted medical information in the form of individual FHIR Resources and a `kind:32226` to allow authorized users to share the secret to decrypt the information forward. +The idea is to decentralize medical information. Today medical data is either in the hands of the government or in the hands of gigantic private enterprises. Patients don't have any access, or control, over their data. That has to change. And Nostr can make it happen. + ### FHIR and Medical Information In FHIR, a Resource is a common base class for all types of medical information. Health care data is broken down into categories such as [patients](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/patient.html), [medication](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/medication.html), and