Deploying Cloud-Based Healthcare Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Aashish Bhardwaj
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Levels

Healthcare of individuals is very important; hence, the healthcare data needs to be managed very professionally. These requirements have become more stringent with the population aging and the growing attention to healthcare by the people. Cloud computing has emerged as a prominent solution to the computing demands of healthcare organizations, and a number of cloud-based solutions are available in the market. However, different users of the healthcare systems have different expectations from the cloud, and these must be taken into account while migrating to cloud. This article presents the implications of cloud computing solutions for the present day healthcare scenario. Prominent cloud-based healthcare services have been presented along with their specific applications. Considering the different users of healthcare systems, a holistic approach has been presented for the deployment of a cloud-based healthcare system. The deployment approach is suitable for all different levels of the healthcare organizations.

Survey of Cloud Computing in Healthcare Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
S. Karthiga Devi ◽  
B. Arputhamary
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Number Of Patients

Today the volume of healthcare data generated increased rapidly because of the number of patients in each hospital increasing.  These data are most important for decision making and delivering the best care for patients. Healthcare providers are now faced with collecting, managing, storing and securing huge amounts of sensitive protected health information. As a result, an increasing number of healthcare organizations are turning to cloud based services. Cloud computing offers a viable, secure alternative to premise based healthcare solutions. The infrastructure of Cloud is characterized by a high volume storage and a high throughput. The privacy and security are the two most important concerns in cloud-based healthcare services. Healthcare organization should have electronic medical records in order to use the cloud infrastructure. This paper surveys the challenges of cloud in healthcare and benefits of cloud techniques in health care industries.

scholarly journals Innovation in healthcare services: notes on the limits of field research

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (suppl 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laís Silveira Costa
Keyword(s):  
Population Aging ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Disease Characteristics ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Current Article

Abstract: The contemporary context of population aging, itsthe population's different health and disease characteristics, and the growing incorporation of technologies by healthcare systems have highlighted the need to adjust the healthcare structure as a whole. The defense of a democratic and sustainable system reveals the importance of understanding how changes in healthcare take place. The current article aims to contribute to the understanding of innovation in healthcare services. The study's results indicate that the existence of certain knowledge gaps means that public policies tend to overlook a whole rangeseries of innovations normally associated with social changes, with a consequentwith an impact on human development, social cohesion, equality, and equity, allcentral issues that are central toin the field of collective public healthcare field. The article concludes that the lack of a mature theoretical framework negatively impacts the formulation of such policies, further aggravated in Brazil by growing differences in quality and access between population segments that depend on the public and private healthcare systems.

scholarly journals Assessing the Impacts of Hierarchical Healthcare System on the Accessibility and Spatial Equality of Healthcare Services in Shenzhen, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Zhuolin Tao ◽  
Wenchao Han
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Accessibility ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Different Levels

The hierarchical healthcare system is widely considered to be a desirable mode of the delivery of healthcare services. It is expected that the establishment of a hierarchical healthcare system can help provide better and more equal healthcare accessibility. However, limited evidence has been provided on the impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system on healthcare accessibility. This study develops an improved Hierarchical two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method, which incorporates variable catchment area sizes, distance friction effects and utilization efficiency for facilities at different levels. Leveraging the Hierarchical 2SFCA method, various scenarios are set up to assess the accessibility impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system. The methods are applied in a case study of Shenzhen. The results reveal significant disparity and inequality in healthcare accessibility and also differences between various facility levels in Shenzhen. The overall healthcare accessibility and its equality can be significantly improved by fully utilizing existing facilities. It is also demonstrated that allocating additional supply to lower-level facilities can generate larger accessibility gains. Furthermore, allocating new supply to primary facilities would mitigate the inequality in healthcare accessibility, whereas inequality tends to be aggravated with new supply allocated to tertiary facilities. These impacts cannot be captured by traditional accessibility measures. This study demonstrates the pivotal role of primary facilities in the hierarchical healthcare system. It can contribute to the literature by providing transferable methods and procedures for measuring hierarchical healthcare accessibility and assessing accessibility impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system in developing countries.

scholarly journals Health Monitoring using Edge Cognitive Computing Based Smart Health Care

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5356-5361
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
The People ◽  
Remote Healthcare ◽  
Health Progress ◽  
Remote Viewing

With an enhancement in technology and development of sensors, they have decided to concern the latest technology in particular areas to increases the Quality of their life. One of the important section of research that has seen an agreement of the latest technology is the healthcare. the people who need healthcare services they have to suffer for long process, to reduce the problem As a result, basically this complete technology would try to resole the healthcare issues. The main goal of the project is to develop a remote healthcare system. It have three main parts. The first and most important section in this process is to detecting the patient current health status using this sensors. second important thing is sending data to cloud storage and the last section is to get the detected data for remote viewing. Remote viewing of the data provided to the doctor will able to monitor a patients health progress aboard from hospital places. The Edge-Cognitive- Computing-based (ECC-based) smart healthcare system. This technology is able to check also distinguish and detect the current status of patient using this sensors. It also accommodate the computing resource appropriation of the complete edge computing network expansive to the health different percentage of each user. The experiments show that the ECC-based healthcare system provide a exceed user background and try to improvement the computing resources moderately, as well as consequentially improving in the durability rates of patients in emergency

scholarly journals Beyond clinical food prescriptions and mobile markets: parent views on the role of a healthcare institution in increasing healthy eating in food insecure families

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily L. DeWit ◽  
Emily M. Meissen-Sebelius ◽  
Robin P. Shook ◽  
Kimberly Ann Pina ◽  
Evelyn Donis De Miranda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Pediatric Healthcare

Abstract Background Children in food-insecure families face increased barriers to meeting recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption. Hospitals and pediatric healthcare institutions have attempted to alleviate food-insecurity through various internal programs like food prescriptions, yet little evidence for these programs exist. Consistent with a patient-centered perspective, we sought to develop a comprehensive understanding of barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and a parent-driven agenda for healthcare system action. Methods We conducted six qualitative focus group discussions (four in English, two in Spanish) with 29 parents and caregivers of patients who had screened positive for food-insecurity during visits to a large pediatric healthcare system in a midwestern U.S. city. Out iterative analysis process consisted of audio-recording, transcribing and coding discussions, aiming to produce a) a conceptual framework of barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and b) a synthesis of participant programmatic suggestions for their healthcare system. Results Participants were 90% female, 41% Black/African American and 41% Hispanic/Latino. Barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption in their families fell into three intersecting themes: affordability, accessibility and desirability. Participant-generated intervention recommendations were multilevel, suggesting healthcare systems focus not only on clinic and community-based action, but also advocacy for broader policies that alleviate barriers to acquiring healthy foods. Conclusion Parents envision an expanded role for healthcare systems in ensuring their children benefit from a healthy diet. Finding offers critical insight on why clinic-driven programs aimed to address healthy eating may have failed and healthcare organizations may more effectively intervene by adopting a multilevel strategy.

scholarly journals Beyond clinical food prescriptions and mobile markets: parent views on the role of a healthcare institution in increasing healthy eating in food insecure families

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily L. DeWit ◽  
Emily M. Meissen-Sebelius ◽  
Robin P. Shook ◽  
Kimberly Ann Pina ◽  
Evelyn Donis De Miranda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Pediatric Healthcare

Abstract Background: Children in food-insecure families face increased barriers to meeting recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption. Hospitals and pediatric healthcare institutions have attempted to alleviate food-insecurity through various internal programs like food prescriptions, yet little evidence for these programs exist. Consistent with a patient-centered perspective, we sought to develop a comprehensive understanding of barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and a parent-driven agenda for healthcare system action. Methods: We conducted six qualitative focus group discussions (four in English, two in Spanish) with 29 parents and caregivers of patients who had screened positive for food-insecurity during visits to a large pediatric healthcare system in a midwestern U.S. city. Our iterative analysis process consisted of audio-recording, transcribing and coding discussions, aiming to produce a) a conceptual framework of barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and b) a synthesis of participant programmatic suggestions for their healthcare system.Results: Participants were 90% female, 38% Black/African American and 41% Hispanic/Latino. Barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption in their families fell into three intersecting themes: affordability, accessibility and desirability. Participant-generated intervention recommendations were multilevel, suggesting healthcare systems focus not only on clinic and community-based action, but also advocacy for broader policies that alleviate barriers to acquiring healthy foods. Conclusion: Parents envision an expanded role for healthcare systems in ensuring their children benefit from a healthy diet. Findings offer critical insight on why clinic-driven programs aimed to address healthy eating may have failed and healthcare organizations may more effectively intervene by adopting a multilevel strategy.

Towards a Better and Smarter Healthcare and IoT

2019 ◽  
pp. 191-228
Author(s):  
Navin Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Value Based Care ◽  
Rich Data

The amount of healthcare data continues to exponentially grow everyday. The complexity of this data further limits the analytical capabilities of traditional healthcare systems. With value-based care, it is far more imminent for healthcare organizations to control the costs and to improve the quality of care in order to sustain their business. The purpose of the chapter is to gain insights into complexities and challenges that exist in current healthcare systems and how big data analytics and IoT can play a pivotal role to positively influence the quality of care and patient outcomes. The chapter also provides solutions and strategies for building cloud-based data asset that can deliver rich data analytics to both the healthcare systems and the patients.

Telemedicine R&D Influencing Incoming Strategies and Organization Models

2013 ◽  
pp. 250-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Gabbrielli
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Healthcare Organization ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Healthcare Processes ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
Different Levels

In the modern medicine and surgery, innovations arise from interdisciplinary work. Therefore, to analyse how telemedicine R&D is influencing strategies and organizational models in healthcare systems we have to study how ICT and robotics innovations can interact with structured healthcare services on a large scale. The problem is interdisciplinary, and the answer has to be on different levels: economical, technological, and organizational. Overall, change needs of two paradigms from telemedicine to telematic medicine and surgery and from financial strategies for saving to lean thinking for innovations. The innovation of value can be obtained when healthcare organization combines innovative telematic medicine and surgery services with utility, prices, and costs. To work on these innovations without rearranging the whole organizational flow around the future e-health service means inducing the healthcare organization to generate wastes and face unnecessary expenses attached to future healthcare processes with such high and probably unsustainable costs.

Application of Technology in Healthcare

2021 ◽  
pp. 194-217
Author(s):  
Andreia Robert Lopes ◽  
Ana Sofia Dias ◽  
Bebiana Sá-Moura
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Technologies

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare worldwide and laid several fundamental problems that will have to be tackled to ensure high-quality healthcare services. This pandemic has represented an unparalleled challenge for healthcare systems and poses an opportunity to innovate and implement new solutions. Digital transformation within healthcare organizations has started and is reshaping healthcare. Technologies such as blockchain and IoT can bring about a revolution in healthcare and help solve many of the problems associated with healthcare systems that the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated. In this chapter, IoT and blockchain technologies were discussed, focusing on their main characteristics, integration benefits, and limitations, identifying the challenges to be addressed soon. The authors further explored its potential in describing concrete cases and possible applications for healthcare in general and specifically for COVID-19.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Survey on Data Utility and Privacy: Taking Indian Healthcare System as a Potential Case Study

Inventions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Prathamesh Churi ◽  
Ambika Pawar ◽  
Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Data Breaches ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Privacy Issues

Background: According to the renowned and Oscar award-winning American actor and film director Marlon Brando, “privacy is not something that I am merely entitled to, it is an absolute prerequisite.” Privacy threats and data breaches occur daily, and countries are mitigating the consequences caused by privacy and data breaches. The Indian healthcare industry is one of the largest and rapidly developing industry. Overall, healthcare management is changing from disease-centric into patient-centric systems. Healthcare data analysis also plays a crucial role in healthcare management, and the privacy of patient records must receive equal attention. Purpose: This paper mainly presents the utility and privacy factors of the Indian healthcare data and discusses the utility aspect and privacy problems concerning Indian healthcare systems. It defines policies that reform Indian healthcare systems. The case study of the NITI Aayog report is presented to explain how reformation occurs in Indian healthcare systems. Findings: It is found that there have been numerous research studies conducted on Indian healthcare data across all dimensions; however, privacy problems in healthcare, specifically in India, are caused by prevalent complacency, culture, politics, budget limitations, large population, and existing infrastructures. This paper reviews the Indian healthcare system and the applications that drive it. Additionally, the paper also maps that how privacy issues are happening in every healthcare sector in India. Originality/Value: To understand these factors and gain insights, understanding Indian healthcare systems first is crucial. To the best of our knowledge, we found no recent papers that thoroughly reviewed the Indian healthcare system and its privacy issues. The paper is original in terms of its overview of the healthcare system and privacy issues. Social Implications: Privacy has been the most ignored part of the Indian healthcare system. With India being a country with a population of 130 billion, much healthcare data are generated every day. The chances of data breaches and other privacy violations on such sensitive data cannot be avoided as they cause severe concerns for individuals. This paper segregates the healthcare system’s advances and lists the privacy that needs to be addressed first.

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