TY - JOUR
T1 - Could Blockchain Help with COVID-19 Crisis?
AU - Kassab, Mohamad Hassan
AU - Neto, Valdemar Vicente Graciano
AU - Destefanis, Giuseppe
AU - Malas, Tarek
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - The novel coronavirus that causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread all over the world at an unprecedented rate. With growing recognition of the distributed nature of health services, the technology of blockchain has recently reached the impetus of the healthcare domain. This article provides: 1) a panoramic overview of existing solutions and scenarios incorporating blockchain to combat COVID-19 in the healthcare domain along with their benefits and challenges; as well as 2) a framework that will facilitate new research activities on this subject.
AB - The novel coronavirus that causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread all over the world at an unprecedented rate. With growing recognition of the distributed nature of health services, the technology of blockchain has recently reached the impetus of the healthcare domain. This article provides: 1) a panoramic overview of existing solutions and scenarios incorporating blockchain to combat COVID-19 in the healthcare domain along with their benefits and challenges; as well as 2) a framework that will facilitate new research activities on this subject.
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U2 - 10.1109/MITP.2021.3072585
DO - 10.1109/MITP.2021.3072585
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113344549
SN - 1520-9202
VL - 23
SP - 44
EP - 50
JO - IT Professional
JF - IT Professional
IS - 4
M1 - 9520215
ER -