مقاله انگلیسی چالش های به کارگیری رایانش ابری در سلامت الکترونیکی
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New technologies emerge almost every day and they change how organizations and even governments operate. One of the technologies which had a great impact on business models is the cloud computing technology. Cloud computing impacts how resources and capabilities can be used to function effectively and efficiently. It allows organizations to operate in a competitive environment without focusing on scaling, maintenance, and failure. It became a key factor in IT vendors’ strategies and governments like US Apps, and The Kasumigaseki Cloud in Japan. This study will investigate the challenges for deploying cloud computing in the eHealth Context within developing countries. It will examine the doctors’ and managers’ evaluation of cost, security, infrastructure, management support and the importance of other challenges in deploying cloud computing in eHealth.
1. Introduction
Although technology has been a powerful tool for poverty reduction and improved standards of living in developing countries, the benefits have not been evenly distributed across the globe. Therefore, a great potential lies in the transfer of technologies to those areas that are still yet to benefit from such innovations and technological progress [1] . Thus, studying the cloud computing implementation in Egypt as a developing country can be of great help to the modernization of eHealth sector in the developing countries. Besides, they can cope with the west and enhance the availability of health care services with lower costs.
Developing countries lack resources, infrastructure and different elements of successful implementation of new technologies. Kshetri (2010) and Greenberg (2008) attested that Cloud computing allows access to advanced IT infrastructure, data centers [2], and application program that most development land do not have. Although, productivity can be enhanced through technology, developing countries, haven’t yet realized the potency and welfare of technology unlike the developed countries. Access to timely and appropriate technology pose a serious problem for the developing countries [1].Cloud computing presents a great benefit for developing countries for modernization through advanced technology with low initial investing that meet the capabilities and resources of developing countries. If the developing countries didn’t take advantage of such new technologies like the cloud , they would be excluded from world markets [1]. Cloud computing can be used to modernize the eHealth sector in Egypt as a developing country and hence enhance the healthcare service delivery. Hospitals will be able to use the cloud as a public utility through pay per use model . Arguably, organizations seeking cloud adoption may be worried about different aspects of the cloud implementation. These aspects include security, toll , legal compliance as well as change and jeopardy management. The paper is organized as follows; it begins by reviewing the literature of cloud computing. A qualitative approach is adopted to investigate the challenges of cloud implementation in eHealth from different perspectives; IT experts and doctors. Themes were identified using the critical instance technique. Finally, results are discussed and future work is recommended.