Computer Science A blockchain could be considered as a state machine. Suppose a hospial with 100,000 patients, 500 physicians, 1000 nurses, and 100 adminsitrative staff is using a blockchain to keep...

Computer Science

A blockchain could be considered as a state machine. Suppose a hospial with 100,000 patients, 500 physicians, 1000 nurses, and 100 adminsitrative staff is using a blockchain to keep track of its activities. Each patient has a patient ID. Each of the employees (physicians, nurses, and admins) have an employee ID. For simplicity let us assume that there are only five types of transactions: (i) New patient admitted and assignd an ID by an admin (ii) A patient is discharged by an admin (iii) A nurse takes a triage of the patient (temperature, blood pressure, etc.) and records the information(iv) A physician makes a diagnosis and prescribes medications (v) Patient is billed by an admin. Answer the following questions.

What could be the state of the hospital?

What would a transaction of type (iv) look like? (Hint: Show the type and its parameters)

If a patient with ID A67567 has been discharged (type ii), show how this transaction results in a transition to a new state?

Make any suitable assumptions but make sure to state them.