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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Smart Technologies and Cities
Volume 6 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1403809
This article is part of the Research Topic Sustainable Development in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Internet of Things View all articles
Designing and Implementing a Resilient Immutability Mechanism for Enhanced Supply Chain Management in E-Healthcare Systems
Provisionally accepted- 1 Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India
- 2 King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- 3 Chitkara University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
- 4 Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Counterfeit drugs pose significant health risks due to their variable efficacy and potential harmful ingredients. To combat this issue, a reliable and secure track-and-trace system is essential for pharmaceutical supply chains. This paper proposes an Immutable and Decentralized Pharma (IDP) model, leveraging blockchain technology to ensure the safe and efficient distribution of medications. The IDP model utilizes smart contracts to record transactions between entities onto a blockchain, enabling end-to-end product tracking and provenance. Experimental results on a polygon blockchain test network demonstrate the feasibility and enhanced security of the IDP model in a collaborative environment. Our solution addresses the challenges of data privacy, openness, and authenticity inherent in centralized track-and-trace systems, providing a promising approach to eliminate counterfeits and guarantee product safety in pharmaceutical supply chains.
Keywords: Smart contracts, supply chain, and Polygon Near Field Communication, Collaborative environment, Blockchain
Received: 19 Mar 2024; Accepted: 08 Jul 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Singla, Kumar, Gulzar, Mir, Gupta, Jaziri, Sassi and Arora. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Deepak Singla, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, 133-207, Haryana, India
Yonis Gulzar, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
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Sanjeev Kumar
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