A study on significance of adopting cloud computing paradigm in healthcare sector

Bamiah, Mervat; Brohi, Sarfraz; Chuprat, Suriayati; Ab Manan, Jamalul Lail

Abstract

Healthcare sector is information critical industry that deals with human lives. Transforming from traditional paper-based to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) was not efficient enough since EHRs require resources, integration, maintenance and high cost implementation. Cloud computing paradigm offers flexible, cost effective, collaborative, multi-tenant infrastructure which assists in transforming electronic healthcare to smart healthcare that consists on the use of latest technologies such as smart mobiles, smart cards, robots, sensors and Tele-health systems via internet on pay-per-use basis for best medical practices. Cloud computing reduces the cost of EHRs in terms of ownership and IT maintenance, also it offers sharing, integration and management of EHRs as well as tracking patients and diseases more efficiently and effectively. This review paper represents the significance and opportunities for implementing cloud computing in healthcare sector. © 2012 IEEE.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 2012 International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies, Applications and Management (ICCCTAM)
• Start Date: Dec 8, 2012
• End Date: Dec 10, 2012
• Acceptance Date: Nov 20, 2012
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Pages: 65-68
• Book Title: Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies, Applications and Management
• ISBN: 978-1-4673-4415-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCTAM.2012.6488073
• Keywords: Electronic Healthcare, Cloud Computing, Smart Healthcare, Cloud computing, Health care, Medical information systems, Mobile computing
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9942638
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6488073
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