Evolution in Healthcare Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is an innovative paradigm that provides users with on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as servers, storage, and applications. Researchers claim that information technology (IT) services delivered through the cloud computing paradigm (i.e., cloud computing services) provide major benefits for healthcare. However, due to a mismatch between our conceptual understanding of cloud computing for real phenomena in health care and behavior, its meaningful use for the healthcare industry cannot always be ensured. Although some studies have tried to conceptualize cloud computing or explain this phenomenon for healthcare settings, they rely primarily on its interpretation in a general context or based on a common understanding of traditional health IT artifacts Are, which is an inadequate or unclear.
Companies Involving in Healthcare Cloud Computing Study:
Global Net Access, Carecloud Corporation, Dell, Athenahealth, Carestream Health, VMWare, Iron Mountain, IBM, Cleardata Networks, Merge Healthcare
Healthcare Cloud Computing is process of storing, managing, and processing the data, collected from various locations and delivering the required services through internet. The cloud computing technology in healthcare industry in basically used for memory, computation, networking, and storage purposes. The healthcare cloud computing companies offers services such as Software-As-A-Service (SAAS), Platform-As-A-Service (PAAS), and Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IAAS). These services can be deployed in public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud.
Cloud computing is a recent and rapidly growing field of development in healthcare. The demand for access to virtually endless resources, in combination with the ubiquitous, pay-per-use model, allows for new ways to develop, deliver, and use services. Cloud computing is often used in "OMICS-context", e.g. for computing in genomics, proteomics, and molecular medicine, while other fields of application still seem underrepresented. Thus, the purpose of this skewed review was to identify current status and hot topics in research on cloud computing in healthcare beyond this traditional domain.
Growing demand of cloud for improving storage, scalability, & flexibility of data and increasing implementation of information technology for cloud adoption and reduction in healthcare costs are the major drivers which are likely to anticipate the growth of healthcare cloud computing market. Technological advancements & proliferation of internet and favorable regulatory acts are likely to add new opportunities for this market in the coming years.