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Adoption of blockchain technology enabled healthcare sustainable supply chain to improve healthcare supply chain performance

Amit Vishwakarma (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India) (Department of P and I, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, India)
G.S. Dangayach (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)
M.L. Meena (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)
Sumit Gupta (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India)
Sunil Luthra (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ch Ranbir Singh State Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhajjar, India)

Management of Environmental Quality

ISSN: 1477-7835

Article publication date: 6 September 2022

Issue publication date: 17 May 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant and worldwide influence on healthcare delivery, and it has significantly increased the pace at which digital technology is being used. Blockchain, one of these developing digital technologies, is distinguished by a number of properties. This study focuses on a blockchain-enabled healthcare supply chain. The purpose of this work is to investigate how blockchain technology (BCT) benefits the performance of healthcare supply chain management (HSCM).

Design/methodology/approach

The present study is based on the empirical research. Blockchain Technology (BCT), Healthcare Sustainable Supply Chain Practices (HSSCP), Healthcare Supply Chain Performance (HSCP) and Stakeholders’ Involvement (SI) practices are identified from the literature review and hypotheses are framed to check their interrelationship. For testing of hypothesis, a questionnaire was developed. Data collection was done by healthcare professionals via Google docs. The IBM SPSS version 22.0 was used to analyze the data and IBM SPSS AMOS 22.0 software was used for the development of structural modal. The data was collected through the Google form from the stakeholders of healthcare sector and analyzed through Structural Equation Modelling.

Findings

This research is focused on adoption of BCT enabled Healthcare Sustainable Supply Chain to improve HSCP. From the result, it had been found that BCT is positively effecting the stakeholder's involvement (SI) and HSSCP practices. Cumulatively, they positively impact the performance of HSCP. From this study, it is found that adoption of BCT enabled Healthcare Sustainable Supply Chain succours to combat COVID-19 situation.

Originality/value

This study attempts to show the potential benefits of the adoption of BCT enabled HSSCP to improve HSCP.

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Citation

Vishwakarma, A., Dangayach, G.S., Meena, M.L., Gupta, S. and Luthra, S. (2023), "Adoption of blockchain technology enabled healthcare sustainable supply chain to improve healthcare supply chain performance", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp. 1111-1128. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-02-2022-0025

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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