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A Blockchain Based Framework for Blood Distribution

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Digital Business Strategies in Blockchain Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science ((MANAGEMENT SC.))

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Today’s businesses have been evolving along with the technological developments, such as Industry 4.0, internet of things, and blockchain technology, in order to create not only fully digital and traceable but also transparent, reliable and secured environments. Blockchain technology serves for developing the transparency, reliability, and security characteristics of these environments even if it is frequently mentioned along with the monetary systems such as Bitcoin. The most common purposes to adopt the blockchain technology is to redesign and integrate processes, supply chains or financial arrangements. This chapter proposes such an Ethereum blockchain based framework called KanCoin concerning this potential in order to manage and adjust the processes for efficient distribution planning in blood delivery system from donors to distribution centers and patients at medical centers in a more effective way than the conventional procedures.

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Çağlıyangil, M., Erdem, S., Özdağoğlu, G. (2020). A Blockchain Based Framework for Blood Distribution. In: Hacioglu, U. (eds) Digital Business Strategies in Blockchain Ecosystems. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29739-8_4

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