Annotated Bibliography: Healthcare and Cloud Computing Technologies

This annotated bibliography examines the application of cloud computing in the healthcare sector. The bibliography covers various aspects, including the opportunities and challenges of implementing cloud technology, as discussed in the paper by AbuKhousa, E., Mohamed, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2012). It also explores telemedicine applications using cloud computing in Jordan, as presented by Al-Shayea, Q. K. (2015), and the significance of adopting cloud computing in healthcare, as highlighted by Bamiah, M., Brohi, S., & Chuprat, S. (2012). Furthermore, the bibliography delves into the integration of cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) as discussed by Botta, A., De Donato, W., Persico, V., & Pescapé, A. (2016), the challenges of data storage and analysis in clinical settings, as outlined by Calabrese, B., & Cannataro, M. (2015). The bibliography also addresses data security and privacy concerns in healthcare clouds by Chen, L., & Hoang, D. B. (2011), and the use of wearable computing and cloud technology for affective interaction, as proposed by Chen, M., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Hassan, M. M., & Alamri, A. (2015). Finally, it covers mobile cloud-computing-based healthcare services using noncontact ECG monitoring, as presented by Fong, E. M., & Chung, W. Y. (2013).

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Task 1:
Annotated Bibliography:
AbuKhousa, E., Mohamed, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2012). e-Health cloud: opportunities
and challenges. Future internet, 4(3), 621-645.
The healthcare industry has seen a steady rise associated with increased cost of
the services and along with the increased rate of cost various type of problems are
faced by the healthcare professionals. Due to various kind of problems the healthcare
industry has adopted the information system that helps them in automating their
processes along with helping them in providing more efficient services. The
technology that is being adopted by the health institutions is Cloud computing. In this
paper the authors have been associated with outlining and explaining the major
opportunities and the challenges that would be faced once this new technology is
implemented. Besides this the article has also been associated with outlining the
limitations that the cloud computing technology is having. Some of the major
problems includes high implementation and maintenance costs, exchange of the
patient data in an inefficient way, poor quality regulations which are responsible for
governing the use of medical data, and many more. Besides this some of the major
problems are also handled by this technology by providing better patient care,
reducing the operational costs, better management of scarce resources, and many
more. In addition to all this the authors also stated that the cloud computing is also
associated with supporting various research, promoting the national security,
supporting the strategic planning, and many more. The major challenges that are faced
includes the breach of data, risk of data loss and many more.

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The report covers the implementation process of cloud computing in the
healthcare sector besides this the paper is also associated with depicting the current
systems that are being used in the healthcare industry along with proposing a new
cloud computing technology that would be including the benefits and the challenges
Al-Shayea, Q. K. (2015, July). Telemedicine Using Cloud Computing in Jordan.
In Competition Forum (Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 390). American Society for
Competitiveness.
This paper is associated with discussing about the implementation of the
telemedicine by making use of cloud computing in Jordan. This paper is associated
with proposing a new system which makes use of the MATLAN server services. This
paper aims at making the process of decision making easy for the various patient
cases. This concept of telemedicine would be associated with usage of the video
conferencing so as to make sure that each group of physicians gets engaged on a one
to one basis. This would be initially associated with discussing about the patients
clinical signs so as to determine the next course of action. Telemedicine is
successfully used so as to perform the critical surgeries successfully. The paper also
outlines the practicability of the cloud computing technology by making use of an
example from the healthcare domain. This is an effective approach but there is a
requirement of high-speed fibre connectivity in order to make sure that does not exists
any kind of downtime for the system to become effective.Author of this report has
been associated with providing a great insight of the capabilities of cloud computing
by making use of certain practical applications.
Bamiah, M., Brohi, S., & Chuprat, S. (2012, December). A study on significance of
adopting cloud computing paradigm in healthcare sector. In Cloud Computing

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Technologies, Applications and Management (ICCCTAM), 2012 International
Conference on (pp. 65-68). IEEE.
The paper “A Study on Significance of Adopting Cloud Computing Paradigm
in Healthcare Sector” is considered to be the Proceedings of 2012 International
Conference on Cloud Computing, Technologies, and Applications & Management.
The importance that the information is having in the healthcare industry has been
addressed in this paper. Besides this the authors of this paper also agrees upon the fact
that the transformation of the system from the traditional paper base information to
EHRs is a good idea, because the traditional method was inefficient which made it a
capital intensive process.
This paper also proposed the fact that in order to manage the health records
and information the cloud computing is a good option as this is entirely flexible,
collaborative and cost-effective. In addition to this this article has also highlighted the
fact that this technology provides a platform that can be used by the latest
technologies like smartphones, and many more. This research also revealed that cloud
computing technology is much cheaper than the EHR as there is no need of buying
expensive servers. The authors have also depited the comparison between the EHR
and cloud computing so as to conclude to the fact that cloud computing is more
efficient and better than the EHR.
Botta, A., De Donato, W., Persico, V., & Pescapé, A. (2016). Integration of cloud
computing and internet of things: a survey. Future Generation Computer
Systems, 56, 684-700.
The paper “Integration of Cloud computing and Internet of Things” is
considered to be the proceeding of the survey which was conducted is order to
establish the ways of integrating the cloud computing and the IoT concept so as to

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establish solutions which are versatile and scalable. This two technologies are distinct
and are associated with providing different solutions. But despite of this when this
two technologies are combined they form a disruptive technology. In the papers the
authors have been associated with discussing and evaluating the integration of the
cloud computing technology with the IoT. This would help in obtaining numerous
capabilities. While conducting the analysis the authors have been associated with
elaborating the components of this two technologies starting from the basics to the
complex architectures. The paper also discusses about the various integration options
along with elaborating the ways by which this options can be enhanced.
The information that are provided in this report is very helpful in describing
the processes associated with the integration of this two technologies with the other
existing technologies as well. This information section discusses about the enhanced
capabilities that the new system would be having.
Calabrese, B., & Cannataro, M. (2015). Cloud computing in healthcare and
biomedicine. Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, 16(1), 1-18.
The paper depicts the fact that the complexity of the data and the information
received from the clinical settings poses various challenges during storing, integrating
and analysing. The major reason lying behind this challenge is due to the different
variety of data which includes the images that originate from magnetic resonance
applications, blood analysis graphs, and many more. Cloud computing technology is
the best solution for storing all this different types of data. A scalable computing and
storage capability is provided by the cloud computing technology. Besides this the
technology also provides real time access to the data from anywhere and is associated
with supporting a simple but a dominant distributed computation model. This helps in
encountering some of the challenges. This is based on the capabilities that the

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bioinformatics is having in both the academic and the medical fields who have
adopted the cloud computing technology. Along with numerous capabilities there
exists various challenges amongst which the major challenge is regarding the security
and privacy of the data. Security and privacy plays a vital role in the medical industry,
and for this reason the authors suggests that the institutions using cloud computing
technology must ensure the fact that there is an extra security and privacy mechanism
placed so as to protect the data of the patients.
Chen, L., & Hoang, D. B. (2011, November). Towards scalable, fine-grained, intrusion-
tolerant data protection models for healthcare cloud. In Trust, Security and
Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2011 IEEE 10th
International Conference on (pp. 126-133). IEEE.
Despite of the fact that most of the industries have been associated with the
usage of cloud computing technology, the healthcare industry has shown a slow
progress in adaptation of this new technology. This slow uptake has been responsible
for affecting the security of the data and the privacy concerns that are associated with
the cloud computing technology. Medical data are very sensitive and for this reason it
is understandable that the medical facilities are very reluctant while implementing the
new technology in case if they think that the data of the patients are fully safeguarded.
This paper has been associated with addressing the various concerns related to data
security and privacy. In this paper the authors have been associated with proposing an
invasion tolerant data protection structure for the cloud computing setup which is
scalable. In addition to this the paper has also been associated with proposing the
inclusion of the warning alerts which would be responsible for warning the
administrator whenever there is a violation in the policies. The system that has been
proposed can also be utilized for the purpose of tacking the major challenge that is

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faced by the cloud computing technology that is the data security and privacy.
Diagrams has also been used in order to have an overview of the various security
layers of the security model that has been discussed in the paper.
Chen, M., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Hassan, M. M., & Alamri, A. (2015). AIWAC: Affective
interaction through wearable computing and cloud technology. IEEE Wireless
Communications, 22(1), 20-27.
In this paper the innovators have been associated with proposing the fact that
in order to reduce the ever-increasing burdens of the healthcare system the medical
practitioners should be associated with the usage of the wearable computer assisted
healthcare devices. This proposed wearable healthcare system would be helping the
practitioners to have better monitoring and remote healthcare. But despite of this the
wearable computer healthcare system faces various challenges and this challenges are
mainly brought by the human centric appliances associated with emotional
collaboration. The author of this paper have been associated with recommending an
innovative design that helps in solving the various kind of challenges by making use
of collaborative data collection methods, enhanced exploration of the sentiments and
many more. All this proposed solutions would be incorporated new wearable
technology and the cloud computing technology so as to form a new system that
would be associated with enhancing the quality of the healthcare information
management. Besides this there would also be an increase in the utilization of the
various available healthcare assets by initiation of remote healthcare. Initially, this
would be leading to the growth of the medical field.
Fong, E. M., & Chung, W. Y. (2013). Mobile cloud-computing-based healthcare service
by noncontact ECG monitoring. Sensors, 13(12), 16451-16473.

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The major constituents of this paper includes a brief discussion about the
monitoring systems which are not in contact with the patient’s body and is associated
with making use of the mobile cloud computing technology. The mobile cloud
computing technology is used for the purpose of collecting the data, followed by the
transmission of the data to the clouds and the results of this are generally received by
the mobile devices. The data of biomedical areas are generally acquired unnoticeably
which is then digitally processed so as to identify and recognize the patients whose
data is being evaluated. By making use of the hand held devices the health status of
the patient is observed on a real-time basis. In addition to this, by this process the
system becomes capable of providing immediate response to the user in case
whenever a typical signal is received. In order to make sure that there is continuous
availability of services and presence of real-time health monitoring, the data are
uploaded which are then synchronized with the web servers that are hosted in the
cloud. This are designed in such a way that the monitoring process becomes easy. The
design of the system is made by considering the present conditions and for this reason
it is possible to detect any kind of abnormalities in the readings so as to send warning
signals. Besides this the monitoring feature of the new system would also be
consisting of medication remainders which would be sent by making use of mobile
applications. This remainder is associated with providing various information like
personal dosage assistance to aged or disabled patients and many more. This paper
provides an insight of the ways by which the mobile cloud computing technology can
be used so as to provide self-medication and have better monitoring of the health
conditions.
Gia, T. N., Jiang, M., Rahmani, A. M., Westerlund, T., Liljeberg, P., & Tenhunen, H.
(2015, October). Fog computing in healthcare internet of things: A case study on

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ecg feature extraction. In Computer and Information Technology; Ubiquitous
Computing and Communications; Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing;
Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (CIT/IUCC/DASC/PICOM), 2015 IEEE
International Conference on (pp. 356-363). IEEE.
A proficient and a well-planned approach for developing the health and
welfare of the human beings is by making use of the IoT. Provisioning of the health
services are done by making use of the IoT technology by making use of the real-time
monitoring system that is having the capability of acquiring the signals from various
sensors which is followed by transmitting of the data through the present
communication procedure. The major focus of this paper is upon the ECG or the
Electrocardiogram feature included in the heart condition diagnosis. Besides this the
ECG indicators are also evaluated in this paper that are present in the smart gateways.
The results of this study indicated that by making use of the fog computing a better
percentage of bandwidth efficacy is received which also offers low latency.
Implementation of fog computing has been done by the authors which mainly
includes the interoperability, distributed databank, real time warning tools,
geographical cognizance, and graphical user interface. This has been possible by
combining the fog computing with the IoT technology and by this collaboration
various complex illness are managed in an easy way. This paper also depicted the fact
that cloud computing can be made more powerful by combining this technology with
other technologies like IoT and many more.
Hanen, J., Kechaou, Z., & Ayed, M. B. (2016). An enhanced healthcare system in mobile
cloud computing environment. Vietnam Journal of Computer Science, 3(4), 267-
277.

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Mobile cloud computing is generally considered to be a new technology that is
incorporated form of the mobile technology and the cloud computing. This
incorporation results in the formation of robust and scalable technologies. Various
kind of services and facilities are provided by this technology to the medical health
stakeholders. In this papr the authors have been associated with developing a new-
mobile-based web service which would be associated with the usage of the medical
cloud multi-agent system and the Android operating system. The paper has also been
associated with presenting the initial results of the study and this results are used for
the purpose of highlighting the various kind of benefits that are obtained from the
system. The major benefits includes the enhanced collaboration, increased
performance, and modernization or upgrade capabilities, scalability, and portability.
The report depicts the fact that mobile cloud computing is associated with providing
greater benefits that cloud computing and the major reason for this is the fact that
they are portable. For this reason implementation capabilities are seen to be more
wider.
Hucíková, A., & Babic, A. (2016). Cloud Computing in Healthcare: A Space of
Opportunities and Challenges. Transforming Healthcare with the Internet of
Things, 122.
This paper presented the fact that more than fifty percent of large health
institutions present all across the United States and Europe has been associated with
deploying the cloud computing technology. After considering this figure of adaptation
it is stated in upcoming years a large proportion of health institutions would also
adopt this new technology. Depending upon the rate of acceptance of this technology
the authors have also outlined the different complex challenges and opportunities that
exists while using cloud computing. The major opportunities mainly includes the

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reduced operational costs, scalability, and flexibility. Where the major challenges are
regarding the privacy and security, network downtime, and accessibility. The paper
has also been associated with outlining the considerations of the institutions which
they planning to implement along with the need of training so as to utilize the
capabilities that this new technology is having.
Guo, Y., Kuo, M. H., & Sahama, T. (2012, December). Cloud computing for healthcare
research information sharing. In Cloud Computing Technology and Science
(CloudCom), 2012 IEEE 4th International Conference on (pp. 889-894). IEEE.
This paper is associated with addressing the raising need of managing the
healthcare record due to the rapid development in the healthcare and the economic
sector. The paper also aims at introducing the cloud computing technology along with
discussing the major challenges that are faced while implementing the new
technology in the healthcare sector. The report also highlights the fact that there has
been significant increase in the use of the various web applications so as to share huge
amount of medical data as well information. Besides this various health institutions
are also associated with the usage of the cloud computing technology. Healthcare
provisions are set so as to obtain the gains of implementing the cloud computing
technology and the major reason lying behind this is that the researchers would
become capable of receiving real time data from the peers and share the results if the
analysis with others. This paper not only cover the critical aspect of the medical field,
but also provides a detailed highlight of the the benefits associated with
implementation of cloud computing.

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References:
AbuKhousa, E., Mohamed, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2012). e-Health cloud: opportunities and
challenges. Future internet, 4(3), 621-645.
Al-Shayea, Q. K. (2015, July). Telemedicine Using Cloud Computing in Jordan.
In Competition Forum (Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 390). American Society for
Competitiveness.
Bamiah, M., Brohi, S., & Chuprat, S. (2012, December). A study on significance of adopting
cloud computing paradigm in healthcare sector. In Cloud Computing Technologies,
Applications and Management (ICCCTAM), 2012 International Conference on (pp.
65-68). IEEE.
Botta, A., De Donato, W., Persico, V., & Pescapé, A. (2016). Integration of cloud computing
and internet of things: a survey. Future Generation Computer Systems, 56, 684-700.
Calabrese, B., & Cannataro, M. (2015). Cloud computing in healthcare and
biomedicine. Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, 16(1), 1-18.
Chen, L., & Hoang, D. B. (2011, November). Towards scalable, fine-grained, intrusion-
tolerant data protection models for healthcare cloud. In Trust, Security and Privacy in
Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2011 IEEE 10th International
Conference on (pp. 126-133). IEEE.
Chen, M., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Hassan, M. M., & Alamri, A. (2015). AIWAC: Affective
interaction through wearable computing and cloud technology. IEEE Wireless
Communications, 22(1), 20-27.
Fong, E. M., & Chung, W. Y. (2013). Mobile cloud-computing-based healthcare service by
noncontact ECG monitoring. Sensors, 13(12), 16451-16473.