Cloud-Based Healthcare Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 315-338
Author(s):  
Ahmed Shawish ◽  
Maria Salama
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
And Storage

Healthcare is one of the most important sectors in all countries and significantly affects the economy. As such, the sector consumes an average of 9.5% of the gross domestic product across the most developed countries; they should invoke smart healthcare systems to efficiently utilize available resources, vastly handle spontaneous emergencies, and professionally manage the population health records. With the rise of the Cloud and Mobile Computing, a vast variety of added values have been introduced to software and IT infrastructure. This chapter provides a comprehensive review on the new Cloud-based and mobile-based applications that have been developed in the healthcare field. Cloud's availability, scalability, and storage capabilities, in addition to the Mobile's portability, wide coverage, and accessibility features, contributed to the fulfillment of healthcare requirements. The chapter shows how Cloud and Mobile opened a new environment for innovative services in the healthcare field and discusses the open research issues.

Cloud-Based Healthcare Systems

2016 ◽  
pp. 2299-2323
Author(s):  
Ahmed Shawish ◽  
Maria Salama
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
And Storage

Healthcare is one of the most important sectors in all countries and significantly affects the economy. As such, the sector consumes an average of 9.5% of the gross domestic product across the most developed countries; they should invoke smart healthcare systems to efficiently utilize available resources, vastly handle spontaneous emergencies, and professionally manage the population health records. With the rise of the Cloud and Mobile Computing, a vast variety of added values have been introduced to software and IT infrastructure. This chapter provides a comprehensive review on the new Cloud-based and mobile-based applications that have been developed in the healthcare field. Cloud's availability, scalability, and storage capabilities, in addition to the Mobile's portability, wide coverage, and accessibility features, contributed to the fulfillment of healthcare requirements. The chapter shows how Cloud and Mobile opened a new environment for innovative services in the healthcare field and discusses the open research issues.

Cloud-Based Healthcare Systems

2016 ◽  
pp. 1718-1742
Author(s):  
Ahmed Shawish ◽  
Maria Salama
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
And Storage

Healthcare is one of the most important sectors in all countries and significantly affects the economy. As such, the sector consumes an average of 9.5% of the gross domestic product across the most developed countries; they should invoke smart healthcare systems to efficiently utilize available resources, vastly handle spontaneous emergencies, and professionally manage the population health records. With the rise of the Cloud and Mobile Computing, a vast variety of added values have been introduced to software and IT infrastructure. This chapter provides a comprehensive review on the new Cloud-based and mobile-based applications that have been developed in the healthcare field. Cloud's availability, scalability, and storage capabilities, in addition to the Mobile's portability, wide coverage, and accessibility features, contributed to the fulfillment of healthcare requirements. The chapter shows how Cloud and Mobile opened a new environment for innovative services in the healthcare field and discusses the open research issues.

Sensory Augmented Computing and its Potential for Human–Computer Interaction (Sensorunterstützte Computersysteme und deren Potenzial für die Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion)

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernt Schiele
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Ambient Intelligence ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Challenging Research ◽  
Computing Environments

SummaryThe vision of ambient intelligence is to embed computing and communication capabilities into nearly everything, namely the environment, objects, or even clothing. Even though there have been great advances in mobile computing and communication in general many important research issues remain. A particularly challenging research topic is the question of how to interact unobtrusively and in a seamless way with users in a mobile setting. In order to realize the vision of ambient intelligence context awareness is often seen as a means to make the computing tasks sensitive to the situation and the user's needs. Ultimately, context awareness may support and enable seamless interaction and communication between human users and pervasive computing environments. This paper gives a taxonomy and an overview of research in sensing for ambient intelligence. It also discusses open and fundamental challenges which need to be addressed.

Cloud-Based Healthcare Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 1428-1453
Author(s):  
Ahmed Shawish ◽  
Maria Salama
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
And Storage

Healthcare is one of the most important sectors in all countries and significantly affects the economy. As such, the sector consumes an average of 9.5% of the gross domestic product across the most developed countries; they should invoke smart healthcare systems to efficiently utilize available resources, vastly handle spontaneous emergencies, and professionally manage the population health records. With the rise of the Cloud and Mobile Computing, a vast variety of added values have been introduced to software and IT infrastructure. This chapter provides a comprehensive review on the new Cloud-based and mobile-based applications that have been developed in the healthcare field. Cloud's availability, scalability, and storage capabilities, in addition to the Mobile's portability, wide coverage, and accessibility features, contributed to the fulfillment of healthcare requirements. The chapter shows how Cloud and Mobile opened a new environment for innovative services in the healthcare field and discusses the open research issues.

Scanning tunneling microscopy of polymers: A status report

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 330-331
Author(s):  
P.E. Russell ◽  
I.H. Musselman
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Wide Range

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has evolved rapidly in the past few years. Major developments have occurred in instrumentation, theory, and in a wide range of applications. In this paper, an overview of the application of STM and related techniques to polymers will be given, followed by a discussion of current research issues and prospects for future developments. The application of STM to polymers can be conveniently divided into the following subject areas: atomic scale imaging of uncoated polymer structures; topographic imaging and metrology of man-made polymer structures; and modification of polymer structures. Since many polymers are poor electrical conductors and hence unsuitable for use as a tunneling electrode, the related atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique which is capable of imaging both conductors and insulators has also been applied to polymers.The STM is well known for its high resolution capabilities in the x, y and z axes (Å in x andy and sub-Å in z). In addition to high resolution capabilities, the STM technique provides true three dimensional information in the constant current mode. In this mode, the STM tip is held at a fixed tunneling current (and a fixed bias voltage) and hence a fixed height above the sample surface while scanning across the sample surface.

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