An intelligent blockchain-based system for safe vaccine supply and supervision

Yong, Binbin; Shen, Jun; Liu, Xin; Li, Fucun; Chen, Huaming; Zhou, Qingguo

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.009

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“…In fact, blockchain can be applied across many functions in healthcare namely, neuroscience, EHR medical, genomics medicine, biomedicine, clinical trials, vaccine supply and traceability (along with IoT can help in better tracking) in the pharma industry ( Jayaraman et al, 2019 , Padmavathi and Rajagopalan, 2019 ). It enables data collection, storage and recommendation, improves medicine and vaccine traceability, supports brain augmentation and simulation and assists transparent data sharing in a clinical trial management process and managing drug recalls ( Mackey et al, 2019 , Kirkner, 2018 , Radanović and Likić, 2018 , Yong et al, 2019 , Gurtu and Johny, 2019 ). As an example, drug counterfeiting is a major problem all over the world.…”

Section: Applications Of Blockchain Technology In Different Sectors Omentioning

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Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research opportunities

Dutta

Choi

Somani

et al. 2020

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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Highlights Evaluate 178 research articles in the field of blockchain implementation in supply chains. Identify the current trends of research on blockchain in different domains of supply chain operations. Examine various supply chain functions that can be enhanced through blockchain technology. Present strong excerpts of blockchain applications in supply chains across various industrial sectors. Suggest managerial implications, highlight challenges and build a future research agenda.

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Section: Applications Of Blockchain Technology In Different Sectors Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research opportunities

Dutta

Choi

Somani

et al. 2020

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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“…At the time of writing of this paper, many research institutes and laboratories are in the process of conducting clinical trials of several vaccine candidates. The effectiveness, safety, and genuinity of the vaccine are of great concern to the authorities, governments, and research institutes as the newly administered vaccine might adversely affect the health of an individual [30,[32][33][34]. The current centralized-based vaccine management systems face several challenges related to the threat of being failing to successfully secure and distribute vaccines, and breaching the logistics supply chain of vaccines for malicious purposes.…”

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“…It has a throughput of twenty transactions per second [125][126][127]. Private blockchain platforms are considered fast and secure and can handle up to several thousand transactions per second [34,128,129]. The escalating transaction rate can affect transaction fees, network energy consumption rate, and transaction processing time.…”

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“…Blockchain technology can assist authorities, governments, and medical professionals in reviewing, recording, and tracking of demand, supplies, and logistics of epidemic prevention materials. The digitization of vaccination certification through blockchain to reopen the businesses can greatly minimize the spread of COVID-19 as fake certificates cannot be created and presented (traceability feature) by the employees while returning back to work [34,65]. Lastly, digitizing commercial transactions through cryptocurrency can not only minimize the time and cost, but also assures seamless authentication of business processes.…”

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Blockchain and COVID-19 Pandemic: Applications and Challenges

Ahmad¹,

Salah²,

Jayaraman³

et al. 2023

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The year 2020 has witnessed the emergence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has rapidly spread and adversely affected the global economy, health, and human lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the limitations of existing healthcare systems regarding its inadequacy to timely and efficiently handle public health emergencies. A large portion of today's healthcare systems are centralized and fall short in providing necessary information security and privacy, data immutability, transparency, and traceability features to detect frauds related to COVID-19 vaccination certification, anti-body testing, and medical supplies. Blockchain technology can assist to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by assuring safe and reliable medical supplies, accurate identification of virus hot spots, and establishing data provenance to verify the genuine personal protective equipment that is decentralized, trustworthy, traceable, and transparent. In this paper, we discuss the potential blockchain applications for the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the high-level design of three blockchain-based systems to enable the governments and medical professionals to efficiently handle health emergencies caused by COVID-19. We discuss the important ongoing blockchain-based research projects to demonstrate the adoption of blockchain technology for the COVID-19. Finally, we identify and discuss future research challenges along with their key causes and guidelines.

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“…For more than two thousand years, human beings have been searching for ways to fight all kinds of infectious diseases. Vaccine immunization is an economical and effective way to curb infectious diseases, and many diseases have been effectively controlled by vaccine immunization [ 1 ]. However, in recent years, “defective vaccine” incidents have emerged one after another in Anhui province, Jiangsu province, Dalian city, Hebei Province, Shanxi province, Shandong province, Changchun city, Wuhan city, and other places in China, causing people to panic about the safety of vaccines [ 2 , 3 , 4 ], and resulting in an unprecedented trust crisis for vaccine enterprises.…”

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Game Analysis on the Evolution of Decision-Making of Vaccine Manufacturing Enterprises under the Government Regulation Model

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The harm caused by defective vaccines to human health and social stability is immeasurable. Aiming at the government’s supervision of the vaccine market, an evolutionary game model is constructed to analyze the quality of supervision and the key factors in the dynamic interaction between government departments and vaccine manufacturers under different supervision modes in the vaccine manufacturing process. The results show that: (1) Severe punishment by government regulatory authorities, and increased costs of rectification after investigation and handling of involuntary behaviors of vaccine enterprises can effectively prevent involuntary behaviors of vaccine enterprises. (2) In the early stage of the game, the success rate of the government’s efficient supervision will make the vaccine enterprises continuously self-disciplined; when the vaccine market is relatively stable, the government’s supervision departments tend to be more conducive to passive supervision. (3) The success rate of government regulatory departments and the probability of a third-party reporting to play a great role in promoting the self-discipline of enterprises. (4) The power of government and regulation are conducive to promoting the active supervision of the government regulatory authorities but corruption of government and awareness of people are different. Once the phenomenon of vaccine enterprises’ non-discipline increases, the government regulation must change from passive regulation to active regulation. Therefore, the government should implement different measures according to the characteristics of each period in the manufacturing process to effectively prevent problematic vaccines. The conclusions and policy recommendations are significant for addressing the issue of insufficient self-discipline of vaccine manufacturers.

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An intelligent blockchain-based system for safe vaccine supply and supervision

Cited by 199 publications

References 36 publications

Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research opportunities

Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research opportunities

Blockchain and COVID-19 Pandemic: Applications and Challenges

Game Analysis on the Evolution of Decision-Making of Vaccine Manufacturing Enterprises under the Government Regulation Model

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