Enhancing Competitive Capabilities of Healthcare SCM through the Blockchain: Big Data Business Model’s Viewpoint

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Reviewer 2 Report

Sustainability-1581492

Title: Enhancing Competitive Capabilities of Healthcare SCM 2
through the Blockchain: Big Data Business Model’s Viewpoint

The authors have done exhaustive work. There are few comments that could be addressed in their revision of this manuscript

1. In Abstract, The author is encouraged to brief why the Blockchain model has been chosen for SCM.
2. In line Number 101, AHP, must be expanded as it is used for the first time in the text.
3. The author should also explain why AHP is preferred in this stage itself.
4. In line Number 104, UTUAT must be expanded as it is used for the first time in the text.
5. In line Number 111, MIS, must be expanded as it is used for the first time in the text.
6. In line Number 141 CR is noted as Consistency ratio where in line Number 413 It is noted as composition reliability (CR)
7. The proposed model could be applied to any business and logistics. The authors should show the evidence how this model is practically applied to the health care industry as they claim and also mention the points that are different from any other industry.
8. Reference Nos 10, 11, 15 need to be checked as per Journal guidelines.

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Reviewer 3 Report

1. Authors say in Introduction about using of the blockchain in the healthcare field in the USA but don't show any links to the projects. Ibid, using blockchain for healthcare records without links to article or projects. I'd recommend to analyze a Blockchain Tree concept and Hyperledger solutions for eHealth etc.
2. Figures 2 and 3 should be clearer. It is difficult to see what is written there.
3. Line 108. It cannot be said that the blockchain is an encryption technology. I would delete this paragraph.
4. Line 227. Proof-of-stake consensus algorithm is not the newest consensus algorithm. New blockchains use other consensus algorithms, like it was written above. Author needs to dive more in the topic and analyze other blockchain solutions too.
5. Line 239. It doesn't have any sense. Blockchain can't optimize these all. Moreover, usually Blockchain is very demanding on the systems used.
6. 6.Line 243. It is not clear how this paragraph is related to the previous ones.
7. It doesn't clear how the Chapter 2.4 is related to previous chapters.
8. Line 332. "Performance expectancy refers to the degree of belief in improving work performance by using new technology...". It was news for me. I didn't know that a belief may be a parameter of performance in computer science area.
9. The work consist a lot of statements that are not backed up by references.
10. In general, the proposed work looks like a set of unrelated parts.

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Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

1. The authors for some reason stubbornly do not want to analyze the private blockchain in this work, despite the recommendations to do ше, as well as other works related to the implementation of the blockchain in the healthcare area.
2. Despite some improvements, the work still looks loosely structured and needs some serious work.

Author Response

Thank you for the good comment.

private blockchain & related to the implementation of the blockchain in the healthcare area.

L228~293. added explanation (characteristics of Public and Private Blockchain, importance of sharing medical data, the need for blockchain in HSCM)

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Round 3

Reviewer 3 Report

1. First of all, there are 2 different goals of the study in the same section of the paper:

"Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the importance of HSCM and enhance the efficiency of supply chain management to derive implications and contribute to the development of HSCM."

and

"This study seeks to develop the competitive capacity variables of the medical institution SCM and approach the introduction plan of logistics cooperation from the perspective of big data utilization by analyzing the needs of the medical institution based on the blockchain technology."

What is right?

 

2. "It also shows that enhanced scalability through the expansion of legal systems from a long-term perspective is another factor in strengthening HSCM capabilities."

an enhanced scalability of what? If you say about enhanced scalability of blockchain that sounds strange.

 

3. There a too much information not related to the research goal. This work is not a lecture about blockchain for students.

 

4. Authors doesn't say what kind of consensus algorithm they propose for using. It is important because they can receive a result opposite that they need. It also can affect the cost of a blockchain implementation and the profitability of its use.

 

The proposed work still looks like a collection of unrelated and loosely related statements. The authors need to improve the work so that it looks like a single entity, and not as a set of loosely connected concepts and statements.

Author Response

Thank you for the good comment.

1. elimination: This study seeks to develop the competitive capacity variables of the medical institution SCM ~

2. L123. modification, legal systems → bigdata sharing

3. partial deletion & additional explanation, L248~262

4. L263~278. additional explanation

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