Cloud Computing Services in Medical Healthcare Solutions

Abstract

Within a hospital, indeed within the majority of medical practices, patient charts and medical histories are often kept within a computer system of some kind. In a hospital this is especially useful as the sheer number of patients within the building at any one time can be daunting. Cloud computing can help facilitate easier access and distribution of information among the various medical professionals who may come in contact with each individual patient. In current vast hospitals, servers are connected, but the sheer amount of information and computers that must be connected is staggering. A cloud based system will improve information sharing by allowing everything to be hosted in the same place, allowing a doctor to input test results in the lab, instantly updating the chart of a patient in a completely separate wing. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture and Virtualizations of hardware and software. The goal of Cloud Computing is to share resources among the cloud service consumers, cloud partners, and cloud vendors in the cloud value chain. With the help of this paper is to explore the current state and trends of cloud computing in healthcare.