[HTML][HTML] Blockchain for healthcare systems: Architecture, security challenges, trends and future directions

J Andrew, DP Isravel, KM Sagayam, B Bhushan… - Journal of Network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Blockchain has become popular in recent times through its data integrity and wide scope of
applications. It has laid the foundation for cryptocurrencies such as Ripple, Bitcoin …

[HTML][HTML] Blockchain and COVID-19 pandemic: Applications and challenges

RW Ahmad, K Salah, R Jayaraman, I Yaqoob… - Cluster …, 2023 - Springer
The year 2020 has witnessed the emergence of coronavirus (COVID-19) that has rapidly
spread and adversely affected the global economy, health, and human lives. The COVID-19 …

Vaccine supply chain management: An intelligent system utilizing blockchain, IoT and machine learning

H Hu, J Xu, M Liu, MK Lim - Journal of business research, 2023 - Elsevier
Vaccination offers health, economic, and social benefits. However, three major issues—
vaccine quality, demand forecasting, and trust among stakeholders—persist in the vaccine …

Optimizing the COVID-19 cold chain vaccine distribution network with medical waste management: A robust optimization approach

EE Işık, ST Yildiz - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the distribution problem of the COVID-19 vaccine at the provincial
level in Turkey and the management of medical waste, considering the cold chain …

Blockchain based secure and reliable Cyber Physical ecosystem for vaccine supply chain

M Sreenu, N Gupta, C Jatoth, A Saad, A Alharbi… - Computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunization has become essential for prevention of infectious diseases during pandemic
situations across the globe, and unsafe vaccines are seriously affecting public health and …

[HTML][HTML] The application of industry 4.0 technologies in pandemic management: Literature review and case study

J Moosavi, J Bakhshi, I Martek - Healthcare Analytics, 2021 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 pandemic impact on people's lives has been devastating. Around the world,
people have been forced to stay home, resorting to the use of digital technologies in an effort …

Sharing pandemic vaccination certificates through blockchain: Case study and performance evaluation

JL Hernández-Ramos, G Karopoulos… - Wireless …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During 2021, different worldwide initiatives have been established for the development of
digital vaccination certificates to alleviate the restrictions associated with the COVID‐19 …

[HTML][HTML] Supply chain traceability and counterfeit detection of COVID-19 vaccines using novel blockchain-based Vacledger system

UJ Munasinghe, MN Halgamuge - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a novel framework, Vacledger, for supply chain traceability and counterfeit
detection of COVID-19 vaccines using a blockchain network. It includes four smart contracts …

A blockchain-based solution for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Y Kamenivskyy, A Palisetti, L Hamze… - IEEE Engineering …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 vaccine distribution chain faced multiple challenges associated with the lack
of production capacity, security issues, and miscommunication between different actors …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of social media and digital technologies in COVID-19 vaccination: scoping review

S Zang, X Zhang, Y Xing, J Chen, L Lin… - Journal of medical Internet …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Social media and digital technologies have played essential roles in
disseminating information and promoting vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. There …