Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate how healthcare and public organizations can control and monitor digital health test certificates with citizens or other stakeholders using Blockchain platforms. The paper reviews and analyses the literature by focusing on keywords like “Blockchain AND COVID-19”. In response to the 2019 pandemic, most local governments closed their borders and imposed movement restrictions, impacting the global economy, peoples' mobility and everyday life. This study aims to provide a solution to how Blockchain technology can improve the socioeconomic impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by enhancing people's mobility and achieving a balance between protecting individuals' rights and public health safety.

Design/methodology/approach

This research utilized machine learning bibliometric tools for investigating the normative literature in the area of blockchain and COVID-19. The article conducts a systematic literature review and develops a bibliometric map based on Plevris et al.’s (2017) method.

Findings

This study indicates that there is limited literature on the use of blockchain technology in issuing and validating COVID-19 tests. The development of such solutions can be done through the utilization of smart contracts, and it is expected to increase mobility in a secure and trusted environment that will help in monitoring and slow down the spread of the pandemic.

Research limitations/implications

This analysis is done during the first ten months of the pandemic outbreak, and there is still limited scientific literature investigating blockchain and COVID-19 concepts.

Practical Implications

Organizations are rethinking their information management due to the COVID-19 pandemic for creating better value for the enterprise and all associate stakeholders. Blockchain technology helps organizations to move from a centralized to a decentralized way of information managing. The decentralization of information in the health-care sector will create a better value for all involved stakeholders and radical change in how health-care data are managed and controlled. The implementation of blockchain applications in the health-care industry will result in a more secure, visible, auditable environment accessible by all the parties involved.

Originality/value

It was identified that there is currently limited research done on aligning smart contracts structure within the health-care sector. Therefore, while the current literature demonstrates the importance of aligning the key concepts, little research is done on considering people’s mobility and cross-country communication.

中文翻译：

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ViewpointCovid-19 数字测试证书和区块链

目的

本研究的目的是调查医疗保健和公共组织如何使用区块链平台与公民或其他利益相关者一起控制和监控数字健康测试证书。该论文通过重点关注“区块链和 COVID-19”等关键词来回顾和分析文献。为应对 2019 年的大流行，大多数地方政府关闭了边界并实施了行动限制，影响了全球经济、人们的流动性和日常生活。本研究旨在为区块链技术如何通过增强人们的流动性并在保护个人权利和公共卫生安全之间实现平衡来改善 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 的社会经济影响提供解决方案。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究利用机器学习文献计量工具来调查区块链和 COVID-19 领域的规范文献。文章进行了系统的文献回顾，并基于 Plevris等人(2017) 的方法开发了一个文献计量地图。

发现

这项研究表明，关于使用区块链技术发布和验证 COVID-19 测试的文献有限。此类解决方案的开发可以通过使用智能合约来完成，预计将增加安全可信环境中的移动性，这将有助于监控和减缓大流行的蔓延。

研究限制/影响

该分析是在大流行爆发的前十个月进行的，研究区块链和 COVID-19 概念的科学文献仍然有限。

实际影响

由于 COVID-19 大流行，组织正在重新考虑其信息管理，以便为企业和所有相关利益相关者创造更好的价值。区块链技术可帮助组织从集中式信息管理方式转变为分散式信息管理方式。医疗保健部门信息的分散化将为所有相关利益相关者创造更好的价值，并彻底改变医疗保健数据的管理和控制方式。区块链应用在医疗保健行业的实施将导致所有相关方都可以访问一个更安全、可见、可审计的环境。

原创性/价值

据确定，目前关于在医疗保健部门内调整智能合约结构的研究有限。因此，虽然当前的文献表明了调整关键概念的重要性，但很少有研究考虑人们的流动性和跨国交流。