Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud Computing in Healthcare
The healthcare industry has seen a steady rise associated with increased cost of the services and along with the increased rate of cost various type of problems are faced by the healthcare professionals. Due to various kind of problems the healthcare industry has adopted the information system that helps them in automating their processes along with helping them in providing more efficient services. The technology that is being adopted by the health institutions is Cloud computing. In this paper the authors have been associated with outlining and explaining the major opportunities and the challenges that would be faced once this new technology is implemented. Besides this the article has also been associated with outlining the limitations that the cloud computing technology is having. Some of the major problems includes high implementation and maintenance costs, exchange of the patient data in an inefficient way, poor quality regulations which are responsible for governing the use of medical data, and many more. Besides this some of the major problems are also handled by this technology by providing better patient care, reducing the operational costs, better management of scarce resources, and many more. In addition to all this the authors also stated that the cloud computing is also associated with supporting various research, promoting the national security, supporting the strategic planning, and many more. The major challenges that are faced includes the breach of data, risk of data loss and many more.
The report covers the implementation process of cloud computing in the healthcare sector besides this the paper is also associated with depicting the current systems that are being used in the healthcare industry along with proposing a new cloud computing technology that would be including the benefits and the challenges
This paper is associated with discussing about the implementation of the telemedicine by making use of cloud computing in Jordan. This paper is associated with proposing a new system which makes use of the MATLAN server services. This paper aims at making the process of decision making easy for the various patient cases. This concept of telemedicine would be associated with usage of the video conferencing so as to make sure that each group of physicians gets engaged on a one to one basis. This would be initially associated with discussing about the patients clinical signs so as to determine the next course of action. Telemedicine is successfully used so as to perform the critical surgeries successfully. The paper also outlines the practicability of the cloud computing technology by making use of an example from the healthcare domain. This is an effective approach but there is a requirement of high-speed fibre connectivity in order to make sure that does not exists any kind of downtime for the system to become effective.Author of this report has been associated with providing a great insight of the capabilities of cloud computing by making use of certain practical applications.
Cloud Computing in Telemedicine
The paper “A Study on Significance of Adopting Cloud Computing Paradigm in Healthcare Sector” is considered to be the Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Cloud Computing, Technologies, and Applications & Management. The importance that the information is having in the healthcare industry has been addressed in this paper. Besides this the authors of this paper also agrees upon the fact that the transformation of the system from the traditional paper base information to EHRs is a good idea, because the traditional method was inefficient which made it a capital intensive process.
This paper also proposed the fact that in order to manage the health records and information the cloud computing is a good option as this is entirely flexible, collaborative and cost-effective. In addition to this this article has also highlighted the fact that this technology provides a platform that can be used by the latest technologies like smartphones, and many more. This research also revealed that cloud computing technology is much cheaper than the EHR as there is no need of buying expensive servers. The authors have also depited the comparison between the EHR and cloud computing so as to conclude to the fact that cloud computing is more efficient and better than the EHR.
The paper “Integration of Cloud computing and Internet of Things” is considered to be the proceeding of the survey which was conducted is order to establish the ways of integrating the cloud computing and the IoT concept so as to establish solutions which are versatile and scalable. This two technologies are distinct and are associated with providing different solutions. But despite of this when this two technologies are combined they form a disruptive technology. In the papers the authors have been associated with discussing and evaluating the integration of the cloud computing technology with the IoT. This would help in obtaining numerous capabilities. While conducting the analysis the authors have been associated with elaborating the components of this two technologies starting from the basics to the complex architectures. The paper also discusses about the various integration options along with elaborating the ways by which this options can be enhanced.
The information that are provided in this report is very helpful in describing the processes associated with the integration of this two technologies with the other existing technologies as well. This information section discusses about the enhanced capabilities that the new system would be having.
The paper depicts the fact that the complexity of the data and the information received from the clinical settings poses various challenges during storing, integrating and analysing. The major reason lying behind this challenge is due to the different variety of data which includes the images that originate from magnetic resonance applications, blood analysis graphs, and many more. Cloud computing technology is the best solution for storing all this different types of data. A scalable computing and storage capability is provided by the cloud computing technology. Besides this the technology also provides real time access to the data from anywhere and is associated with supporting a simple but a dominant distributed computation model. This helps in encountering some of the challenges. This is based on the capabilities that the bioinformatics is having in both the academic and the medical fields who have adopted the cloud computing technology. Along with numerous capabilities there exists various challenges amongst which the major challenge is regarding the security and privacy of the data. Security and privacy plays a vital role in the medical industry, and for this reason the authors suggests that the institutions using cloud computing technology must ensure the fact that there is an extra security and privacy mechanism placed so as to protect the data of the patients.
Adopting Cloud Computing in Healthcare Sector
Despite of the fact that most of the industries have been associated with the usage of cloud computing technology, the healthcare industry has shown a slow progress in adaptation of this new technology. This slow uptake has been responsible for affecting the security of the data and the privacy concerns that are associated with the cloud computing technology. Medical data are very sensitive and for this reason it is understandable that the medical facilities are very reluctant while implementing the new technology in case if they think that the data of the patients are fully safeguarded. This paper has been associated with addressing the various concerns related to data security and privacy. In this paper the authors have been associated with proposing an invasion tolerant data protection structure for the cloud computing setup which is scalable. In addition to this the paper has also been associated with proposing the inclusion of the warning alerts which would be responsible for warning the administrator whenever there is a violation in the policies. The system that has been proposed can also be utilized for the purpose of tacking the major challenge that is faced by the cloud computing technology that is the data security and privacy. Diagrams has also been used in order to have an overview of the various security layers of the security model that has been discussed in the paper.
In this paper the innovators have been associated with proposing the fact that in order to reduce the ever-increasing burdens of the healthcare system the medical practitioners should be associated with the usage of the wearable computer assisted healthcare devices. This proposed wearable healthcare system would be helping the practitioners to have better monitoring and remote healthcare. But despite of this the wearable computer healthcare system faces various challenges and this challenges are mainly brought by the human centric appliances associated with emotional collaboration. The author of this paper have been associated with recommending an innovative design that helps in solving the various kind of challenges by making use of collaborative data collection methods, enhanced exploration of the sentiments and many more. All this proposed solutions would be incorporated new wearable technology and the cloud computing technology so as to form a new system that would be associated with enhancing the quality of the healthcare information management. Besides this there would also be an increase in the utilization of the various available healthcare assets by initiation of remote healthcare. Initially, this would be leading to the growth of the medical field.
Integration of Cloud Computing and Internet of Things
The major constituents of this paper includes a brief discussion about the monitoring systems which are not in contact with the patient’s body and is associated with making use of the mobile cloud computing technology. The mobile cloud computing technology is used for the purpose of collecting the data, followed by the transmission of the data to the clouds and the results of this are generally received by the mobile devices. The data of biomedical areas are generally acquired unnoticeably which is then digitally processed so as to identify and recognize the patients whose data is being evaluated. By making use of the hand held devices the health status of the patient is observed on a real-time basis. In addition to this, by this process the system becomes capable of providing immediate response to the user in case whenever a typical signal is received. In order to make sure that there is continuous availability of services and presence of real-time health monitoring, the data are uploaded which are then synchronized with the web servers that are hosted in the cloud. This are designed in such a way that the monitoring process becomes easy. The design of the system is made by considering the present conditions and for this reason it is possible to detect any kind of abnormalities in the readings so as to send warning signals. Besides this the monitoring feature of the new system would also be consisting of medication remainders which would be sent by making use of mobile applications. This remainder is associated with providing various information like personal dosage assistance to aged or disabled patients and many more. This paper provides an insight of the ways by which the mobile cloud computing technology can be used so as to provide self-medication and have better monitoring of the health conditions.
A proficient and a well-planned approach for developing the health and welfare of the human beings is by making use of the IoT. Provisioning of the health services are done by making use of the IoT technology by making use of the real-time monitoring system that is having the capability of acquiring the signals from various sensors which is followed by transmitting of the data through the present communication procedure. The major focus of this paper is upon the ECG or the Electrocardiogram feature included in the heart condition diagnosis. Besides this the ECG indicators are also evaluated in this paper that are present in the smart gateways. The results of this study indicated that by making use of the fog computing a better percentage of bandwidth efficacy is received which also offers low latency. Implementation of fog computing has been done by the authors which mainly includes the interoperability, distributed databank, real time warning tools, geographical cognizance, and graphical user interface. This has been possible by combining the fog computing with the IoT technology and by this collaboration various complex illness are managed in an easy way. This paper also depicted the fact that cloud computing can be made more powerful by combining this technology with other technologies like IoT and many more.
Biomedical Data Management using Cloud Computing Technology
Mobile cloud computing is generally considered to be a new technology that is incorporated form of the mobile technology and the cloud computing. This incorporation results in the formation of robust and scalable technologies. Various kind of services and facilities are provided by this technology to the medical health stakeholders. In this papr the authors have been associated with developing a new-mobile-based web service which would be associated with the usage of the medical cloud multi-agent system and the Android operating system. The paper has also been associated with presenting the initial results of the study and this results are used for the purpose of highlighting the various kind of benefits that are obtained from the system. The major benefits includes the enhanced collaboration, increased performance, and modernization or upgrade capabilities, scalability, and portability. The report depicts the fact that mobile cloud computing is associated with providing greater benefits that cloud computing and the major reason for this is the fact that they are portable. For this reason implementation capabilities are seen to be more wider.
This paper presented the fact that more than fifty percent of large health institutions present all across the United States and Europe has been associated with deploying the cloud computing technology. After considering this figure of adaptation it is stated in upcoming years a large proportion of health institutions would also adopt this new technology. Depending upon the rate of acceptance of this technology the authors have also outlined the different complex challenges and opportunities that exists while using cloud computing. The major opportunities mainly includes the reduced operational costs, scalability, and flexibility. Where the major challenges are regarding the privacy and security, network downtime, and accessibility. The paper has also been associated with outlining the considerations of the institutions which they planning to implement along with the need of training so as to utilize the capabilities that this new technology is having.
This paper is associated with addressing the raising need of managing the healthcare record due to the rapid development in the healthcare and the economic sector. The paper also aims at introducing the cloud computing technology along with discussing the major challenges that are faced while implementing the new technology in the healthcare sector. The report also highlights the fact that there has been significant increase in the use of the various web applications so as to share huge amount of medical data as well information. Besides this various health institutions are also associated with the usage of the cloud computing technology. Healthcare provisions are set so as to obtain the gains of implementing the cloud computing technology and the major reason lying behind this is that the researchers would become capable of receiving real time data from the peers and share the results if the analysis with others. This paper not only cover the critical aspect of the medical field, but also provides a detailed highlight of the the benefits associated with implementation of cloud computing.
Data Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing Technology
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