2 hospitals in the UK are actively using blockchain technology to help maintain the temperature of the coronavirus vaccine before giving it to patients.
The National Health Service Facility in South Warwickshire, England, uses technology developed by UK firm Everyware and U.S. organizations. Hedera Hashgraph. Everyware uses sensors to monitor equipment in real time, while Hedera is a blockchain consortium supported by Google and IBM.
Although initially created as a digital ledger that supports bitcoin, the blockchain has since been adapted by various industries for applications outside the financial field. IBM and Walmart, for example, have used blockchain to track food supply chains and identify possible contaminants.
According to Tom Screen, technical director at Everyware, its sensors will monitor the temperature of the refrigerator that holds the vaccine.
