The Blockchain Model for Drug Management to Increase The Transparency of Drug Distribution and Drug Authenticity
Inayatulloh Inayatulloh, Heri Pracoyo, Nuril Kusumawardani Soeprapto Putri · 2023
Drug distribution is a very complex process that involves various parties, starting from the pharmaceutical industry, drug distributors, pharmacies, drugstores, and customers. The drug distribution network is very broad and involves many parties, making it difficult for customers and related parties to obtain transparent transactions in the drug distribution network as well as information about the authenticity of the drugs that customers will consume. On the other hand, blockchain technology offers features that can increase transaction transparency, so that blockchain can be a solution to drug distribution problems. Thus, the aim of this research is to build a blockchain model to increase the transparency of transactions between parties involved in the drug distribution network and provide information on guaranteeing the authenticity of medicines for customers. The research method uses a qualitative approach through a literature review to identify problems related to drug distribution. Literature review is also used to study conventional drug distribution mechanisms to find out the root causes of the drug distribution process. The output of the research is a model for adopting blockchain technology to increase the transparency of drug distribution transactions. The conclusion of this research shows that the adoption of blockchain technology can increase the transparency of drug distribution. The limitation of this research is that it uses simulations of only a few nodes in the blockchain so that future research can be carried out involving many nodes in the blockchain.