Abstract
Several global disasters have been experienced before and will be experienced inevitably in the future. Unexpected events cause failures and disruptions in supply chain (SC) systems. Compared to other industries, disruptions in medical supply chains have sudden and significant impacts on human life and safety. Considering the scale, complexity, and dynamic nature of SCs, discovering disruptions, evaluating their impact, and recovering from them become a significant challenge. We need to use the benefit of emerging information technologies to deliver medicines and personal protective materials in a secure and timely manner and establish resilient systems to respond to catastrophic events. Based on the existing literature, this chapter first specifies five risk categories associated with medical SC disruptions: (i) production and delivery of fake (counterfeit, falsified) and substandard medicines, (ii) delivery of medicines by unauthorized parties, (iii) Breakage of cold chains, (iv) Receiving inaccurate information from various medical SC components, and (v) Leakage of sensitive patient data, data manipulation, and data theft. It later explores the opportunities of using blockchain technology to minimize or proactively eliminate these risks and improve resiliency.
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