Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: JMIR medical informatics Vol. 8; no. 9; p. e20477
• Main Author: Khurshid, Anjum
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 22.09.2020
• Subjects: Blockchain; Coronaviruses; Counterfeiting; COVID-19; Digital currencies; Economic crisis; Failure; False information; Financial institutions; Health care; Influenza; Information sources; Information systems; Medical supplies; Pandemics; Peer to peer computing; Personal protective equipment; Privacy; Public health; Supply chains; Trust; Viewpoint; United States > US; COVID-19; trust; coronavirus; privacy; blockchain; contact tracing

The widespread death and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed deficiencies of existing institutions regarding the protection of human health and well-being. Both a lack of accurate and timely data and pervasive misinformation are causing increasing harm and growing tension between...