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Guo Y, Ganti S, Wu Y. Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Telehealth Internet of Things Systems Through Fog and Cloud Computing Integration: Simulation Study. JMIR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2024; 9:e50175. [PMID: 38875671 PMCID: PMC11041449 DOI: 10.2196/50175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The increasing adoption of telehealth Internet of Things (IoT) devices in health care informatics has led to concerns about energy use and data processing efficiency. OBJECTIVE This paper introduces an innovative model that integrates telehealth IoT devices with a fog and cloud computing-based platform, aiming to enhance energy efficiency in telehealth IoT systems. METHODS The proposed model incorporates adaptive energy-saving strategies, localized fog nodes, and a hybrid cloud infrastructure. Simulation analyses were conducted to assess the model's effectiveness in reducing energy consumption and enhancing data processing efficiency. RESULTS Simulation results demonstrated significant energy savings, with a 2% reduction in energy consumption achieved through adaptive energy-saving strategies. The sample size for the simulation was 10-40, providing statistical robustness to the findings. CONCLUSIONS The proposed model successfully addresses energy and data processing challenges in telehealth IoT scenarios. By integrating fog computing for local processing and a hybrid cloud infrastructure, substantial energy savings are achieved. Ongoing research will focus on refining the energy conservation model and exploring additional functional enhancements for broader applicability in health care and industrial contexts.
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- Yunyong Guo
- Computer Science Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Computer Science Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Computer Science Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Patton MJ, Liu VX. Predictive Modeling Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Algorithms on Electronic Health Record Data: Advantages and Challenges. Crit Care Clin 2023; 39:647-673. [PMID: 37704332 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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The rapid adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems in US hospitals from 2008 to 2014 produced novel data elements for analysis. Concurrent innovations in computing architecture and machine learning (ML) algorithms have made rapid consumption of health data feasible and a powerful engine for clinical innovation. In critical care research, the net convergence of these trends has resulted in an exponential increase in outcome prediction research. In the following article, we explore the history of outcome prediction in the intensive care unit (ICU), the growing use of EHR data, and the rise of artificial intelligence and ML (AI) in critical care.
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- Michael J Patton
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 720 20th Street South, Suite 202, Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, USA.
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- Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
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Lakshminarayanan V, Ravikumar A, Sriraman H, Alla S, Chattu VK. Health Care Equity Through Intelligent Edge Computing and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review. J Multidiscip Healthc 2023; 16:2839-2859. [PMID: 37753339 PMCID: PMC10519219 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s419923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Intellectual capital is a scarce resource in the healthcare industry. Making the most of this resource is the first step toward achieving a completely intelligent healthcare system. However, most existing centralized and deep learning-based systems are unable to adapt to the growing volume of global health records and face application issues. To balance the scarcity of healthcare resources, the emerging trend of IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) and edge computing will be very practical and cost-effective. A full examination of the transformational role of intelligent edge computing in the IoMT era to attain health care equity is offered in this research. Intelligent edge computing-aided distribution and collaborative information management is a possible approach for a long-term digital healthcare system. Furthermore, IEC (Intelligent Edge Computing) encourages digital health data to be processed only at the edge, minimizing the amount of information exchanged with central servers/the internet. This significantly increases the privacy of digital health data. Another critical component of a sustainable healthcare system is affordability in digital healthcare. Affordability in digital healthcare is another key component of a sustainable healthcare system. Despite its importance, it has received little attention due to its complexity. In isolated and rural areas where expensive equipment is unavailable, IEC with AR / VR, also known as edge device shadow, can play a significant role in the inexpensive data collection process. Healthcare equity becomes a reality by combining intelligent edge device shadows and edge computing.
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- Vishal Lakshminarayanan
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, TN, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, TN, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, TN, India
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- Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Frank Batten College of Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Center for Technology and Innovations, Global Health Research and Innovations Canada, Toronto, Ontario, M1J 2W8, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India
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Thilagavathy R, Renjith PN, Lalitha RVS, Murthy MYB, Sucharitha Y, Narayanan SL. A novel framework paradigm for EMR management cloud system authentication using blockchain security network. Soft comput 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s00500-023-07958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Mahajan HB, Rashid AS, Junnarkar AA, Uke N, Deshpande SD, Futane PR, Alkhayyat A, Alhayani B. Integration of Healthcare 4.0 and blockchain into secure cloud-based electronic health records systems. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2023; 13:2329-2342. [PMID: 35136707 PMCID: PMC8813573 DOI: 10.1007/s13204-021-02164-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Since the last decade, cloud-based electronic health records (EHRs) have gained significant attention to enable remote patient monitoring. The recent development of Healthcare 4.0 using the Internet of Things (IoT) components and cloud computing to access medical operations remotely has gained the researcher's attention from a smart city perspective. Healthcare 4.0 mainly consisted of periodic medical data sensing, aggregation, data transmission, data sharing, and data storage. The sensitive and personal data of patients lead to several challenges while protecting it from hackers. Therefore storing, accessing, and sharing the patient medical information on the cloud needs security attention that data should not be compromised by the authorized user's components of E-healthcare systems. To achieve secure medical data storage, sharing, and accessing in cloud service provider, several cryptography algorithms are designed so far. However, such conventional solutions failed to achieve the trade-off between the requirements of EHR security solutions such as computational efficiency, service side verification, user side verifications, without the trusted third party, and strong security. Blockchain-based security solutions gained significant attention in the recent past due to the ability to provide strong security for data storage and sharing with the minimum computation efforts. The blockchain made focused on bitcoin technology among the researchers. Utilizing the blockchain which secure healthcare records management has been of recent interest. This paper presents the systematic study of modern blockchain-based solutions for securing medical data with or without cloud computing. We implement and evaluate the different methods using blockchain in this paper. According to the research studies, the research gaps, challenges, and future roadmap are the outcomes of this paper that boost emerging Healthcare 4.0 technology.
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- grid.440843.fBusiness Information Technology, College of Administration and Economics, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimaniya, Iraq
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- grid.32056.320000 0001 2190 9326PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune, India
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- Trinity Academy of Engineering, Pune, India
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- grid.32056.320000 0001 2190 9326PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune, India
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- grid.32056.320000 0001 2190 9326Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (VIIT), Pune, India
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- grid.444971.b0000 0004 6023 831XTechnical Engineering College, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq
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- grid.38575.3c0000 0001 2337 3561Department Electronics and Communication, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Tavakoli SS, Mozaffari A, Danaei A, Rashidi E. Explaining the effect of artificial intelligence on the technology acceptance model in media: a cloud computing approach. ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 2022. [DOI: 10.1108/el-04-2022-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explain the effect of the technology acceptance model in the media environment by using the mediating role of artificial intelligence and the cloud computing approach.
Design/methodology/approach
After reviewing the theoretical foundations, a conceptual model framework and research hypotheses were formed. The statistical population of the study included managers, deputies and experts from the National Iranian Oil Company, and a statistical sample of 368 people was selected by simple random sampling.
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The results of structural equation modelling with PLS 2.0 software show a positive and significant effect on the artificial intelligence variable in the technology acceptance model with the cloud approach. Artificial intelligence has opened a new space in the digital world, especially in the media, so that its profound impact is quite evident and has affected people’s lives.
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The acceleration of various technologies has severely challenged the approach of organizations, especially the media. The media environment with word of the technologies of the Industry 4.0, especially cloud computing technology, has changed the ways of accessing and using products and services.
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Vithanwattana N, Karthick G, Mapp G, George C, Samuels A. Securing future healthcare environments in a post-COVID-19 world: moving from frameworks to prototypes. JOURNAL OF RELIABLE INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS 2022; 8:299-315. [PMID: 35967078 PMCID: PMC9362615 DOI: 10.1007/s40860-022-00180-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The deployment of Internet of Things platforms as well as the use of mobile and wireless technologies to support healthcare environments have enormous potential to transform healthcare. This has also led to a desire to make eHealth and mHealth part of national healthcare systems. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the requirement to do this to reduce the number of patients needing to attend hospitals and General Practitioner surgeries. This direction, however, has resulted in a renewed need to look at security of future healthcare platforms including information and data security as well as network and cyber-physical security. There have been security frameworks that were developed to address such issues. However, it is necessary to develop a security framework with a combination of security mechanisms that can be used to provide all the essential security requirements for healthcare systems. In addition, there is now a need to move from frameworks to prototypes which is the focus of this paper. Several security frameworks for eHealth and mHealth are first examined. This leads to a new reference model from which an implementation framework is developed using new mechanisms such as Capabilities, Secure Remote Procedure Calls, and a Service Management Framework. The prototype is then evaluated against practical security requirements.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK
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- Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge, UK
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Broadband Mobile Applications’ Adoption by SMEs in Taiwan—A Multi-Perspective Study of Determinants. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12147002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to explore what determinants affect small and medium enterprises regarding the adoption of broadband mobile applications. Today, broadband mobile applications are changing the business landscape rapidly, which presents a vital issue for enterprises to understand and tackle. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied in this study in order to analyze the issues enterprises may face with broadband mobile applications. Qualitatively, a preliminary study was conducted based on a review of literature to explore the factors that impact small and medium enterprises. Quantitatively, Structural Equation Modeling and AMOS were deployed to further examine the potential factors. As broadband mobile applications are mostly installed in the personal mobile device and operated by individuals, this study integrated the perspective of internal users along with the Technology-Organization-Environment framework to develop an ITOE research model to provide a more comprehensive view on the determinants and factors. The practicality and feasibility of the ITOE research model were then verified by the study results through the fifteen determinants identified. Based on the findings, implications and future research directions are proposed.
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A Hybrid Service Selection and Composition for Cloud Computing Using the Adaptive Penalty Function in Genetic and Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22134873. [PMID: 35808368 PMCID: PMC9268948 DOI: 10.3390/s22134873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The rapid development of Cloud Computing (CC) has led to the release of many services in the cloud environment. Service composition awareness of Quality of Service (QoS) is a significant challenge in CC. A single service in the cloud environment cannot respond to the complex requests and diverse requirements of the real world. In some cases, one service cannot fulfill the user’s needs, so it is necessary to combine different services to meet these requirements. Many available services provide an enormous QoS and selecting or composing those combined services is called an Np-hard optimization problem. One of the significant challenges in CC is integrating existing services to meet the intricate necessities of different types of users. Due to NP-hard complexity of service composition, many metaheuristic algorithms have been used so far. This article presents the Artificial Bee Colony and Genetic Algorithm (ABCGA) as a metaheuristic algorithm to achieve the desired goals. If the fitness function of the services selected by the Genetic Algorithm (GA) is suitable, a set of services is further introduced for the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm to choose the appropriate service from, according to each user’s needs. The proposed solution is evaluated through experiments using Cloud SIM simulation, and the numerical results prove the efficiency of the proposed method with respect to reliability, availability, and cost.
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Improving Privacy-preserving Healthcare Data Sharing in a Cloud Environment Using Hybrid Encryption. ACTA INFORMATICA PRAGENSIA 2022. [DOI: 10.18267/j.aip.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Igumbor JO, Bosire EN, Vicente-Crespo M, Igumbor EU, Olalekan UA, Chirwa TF, Kinyanjui SM, Kyobutungi C, Fonn S. Considerations for an integrated population health databank in Africa: lessons from global best practices. Wellcome Open Res 2022; 6:214. [PMID: 35224211 PMCID: PMC8844538 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17000.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background: The rising digitisation and proliferation of data sources and repositories cannot be ignored. This trend expands opportunities to integrate and share population health data. Such platforms have many benefits, including the potential to efficiently translate information arising from such data to evidence needed to address complex global health challenges. There are pockets of quality data on the continent that may benefit from greater integration. Integration of data sources is however under-explored in Africa. The aim of this article is to identify the requirements and provide practical recommendations for developing a multi-consortia public and population health data-sharing framework for Africa. Methods: We conducted a narrative review of global best practices and policies on data sharing and its optimisation. We searched eight databases for publications and undertook an iterative snowballing search of articles cited in the identified publications. The Leximancer software
© enabled content analysis and selection of a sample of the most relevant articles for detailed review. Themes were developed through immersion in the extracts of selected articles using inductive thematic analysis. We also performed interviews with public and population health stakeholders in Africa to gather their experiences, perceptions, and expectations of data sharing. Results: Our findings described global stakeholder experiences on research data sharing. We identified some challenges and measures to harness available resources and incentivise data sharing. We further highlight progress made by the different groups in Africa and identified the infrastructural requirements and considerations when implementing data sharing platforms. Furthermore, the review suggests key reforms required, particularly in the areas of consenting, privacy protection, data ownership, governance, and data access. Conclusions: The findings underscore the critical role of inclusion, social justice, public good, data security, accountability, legislation, reciprocity, and mutual respect in developing a responsive, ethical, durable, and integrated research data sharing ecosystem.
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- Jude O Igumbor
- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.,African Population and Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.,School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Warwick-Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa
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Lim SM, Shiau CWC, Cheng LJ, Lau Y. Chatbot-Delivered Psychotherapy for Adults With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression. Behav Ther 2022; 53:334-347. [PMID: 35227408 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2021.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although psychotherapy is a well-established treatment for depression and anxiety, chatbot-delivered psychotherapy is an emerging field that has yet to be explored in depth. This review aims to (a) examine the effectiveness of chatbot-delivered psychotherapy in improving depressive symptoms among adults with depression or anxiety, and (b) evaluate the preferred features for the design of chatbot-delivered psychotherapy. Eight electronic databases were searched for relevant randomized controlled trials. Meta-analysis and random effects meta-regression was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis 3.0 software. Overall effect was measured using Hedges's g and determined using z statistics at significance level p < .05. Assessment of heterogeneity was done using χ2 and I2 tests. A meta-analysis of 11 trials revealed that chatbot-delivered psychotherapy significantly improved depressive symptoms (g = 0.54, 95% confidence interval [-0.66, -0.42], p < .001). Although no significant subgroup differences were detected, results revealed larger effect sizes for samples of clinically diagnosed anxiety or depression, chatbots with an embodiment, a combination of types of input and output formats, less than 10 sessions, problem-solving therapy, off-line platforms, and in different regions of the United States than their counterparts. Meta-regression did not identify significant covariates that had an impact on depressive symptoms. Chatbot-delivered psychotherapy can be adopted in health care institutions as an alternative treatment for depression and anxiety. More high-quality trials are warranted to confirm the effectiveness of chatbot-delivered psychotherapy on depressive symptoms. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020153332.
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- Shi Min Lim
- National University Hospital, National University Health System
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
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- Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
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Cresswell K, Domínguez Hernández A, Williams R, Sheikh A. Key Challenges and Opportunities for Cloud Technology in Health Care: Semistructured Interview Study. JMIR Hum Factors 2022; 9:e31246. [PMID: 34989688 PMCID: PMC8778568 DOI: 10.2196/31246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background The use of cloud computing (involving storage and processing of data on the internet) in health care has increasingly been highlighted as having great potential in facilitating data-driven innovations. Although some provider organizations are reaping the benefits of using cloud providers to store and process their data, others are lagging behind. Objective We aim to explore the existing challenges and barriers to the use of cloud computing in health care settings and investigate how perceived risks can be addressed. Methods We conducted a qualitative case study of cloud computing in health care settings, interviewing a range of individuals with perspectives on supply, implementation, adoption, and integration of cloud technology. Data were collected through a series of in-depth semistructured interviews exploring current applications, implementation approaches, challenges encountered, and visions for the future. The interviews were transcribed and thematically analyzed using NVivo 12 (QSR International). We coded the data based on a sociotechnical coding framework developed in related work. Results We interviewed 23 individuals between September 2020 and November 2020, including professionals working across major cloud providers, health care provider organizations, innovators, small and medium-sized software vendors, and academic institutions. The participants were united by a common vision of a cloud-enabled ecosystem of applications and by drivers surrounding data-driven innovation. The identified barriers to progress included the cost of data migration and skill gaps to implement cloud technologies within provider organizations, the cultural shift required to move to externally hosted services, a lack of user pull as many benefits were not visible to those providing frontline care, and a lack of interoperability standards and central regulations. Conclusions Implementations need to be viewed as a digitally enabled transformation of services, driven by skill development, organizational change management, and user engagement, to facilitate the implementation and exploitation of cloud-based infrastructures and to maximize returns on investment.
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- Kathrin Cresswell
- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Jafarbeiki S, Sakzad A, Kasra Kermanshahi S, Gaire R, Steinfeld R, Lai S, Abraham G, Thapa C. PrivGenDB: Efficient and privacy-preserving query executions over encrypted SNP-Phenotype database. INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE UNLOCKED 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2022.100988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Enablers and Challenges for E-health Services- A Systematic Literature Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.4018/ijegr.298626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The purpose of the paper is to systematically review the literature of enablers and challenges for implementation and adoption e-health service. The review aims to identify the most critical success factors and barriers related with the development and growth of the e-health services under different circumstances. A total 68 relevant publications related to enablers and challenges of e-health services were selected from a total 694 research papers. These publications were thoroughly reviewed to find out the critical factors influencing the e-health services. The findings indicate that there are five broad factors viz. technological, environmental, organizational, social and economical along with four major stakeholders’ viz. citizens, patients, caregivers and service providers which influence the e-health services. These factors act as enablers as well as challenges for proper implementation and adoption of e-health services in different situations. On the basis of the findings of the review, a conceptual diamond model of e-health services adoption has been proposed.
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Ogwel B, Odhiambo‐Otieno G, Otieno G, Abila J, Omore R. Leveraging cloud computing for improved health service delivery: Findings from public health facilities in Kisumu County, Western Kenya-2019. Learn Health Syst 2022; 6:e10276. [PMID: 35036553 PMCID: PMC8753318 DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.10276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Healthcare delivery systems across the world have been shown to fall short of the ideals of being cost-effective and meeting pre-established standards of quality but the problem is more pronounced in Africa. Cloud computing emerges as a platform healthcare institutions could leverage to address these shortfalls. The aim of this study was to establish the extent of cloud computing adoption and its influence on health service delivery by public health facilities in Kisumu County. METHODS The study employed a cross-sectional study design in one-time data collection among facility in-charges and health records officers from 57 public health facilities. The target population was 114 healthcare personnel and the sample size (n = 88) was computed using Yamane formula and drawn using stratified random sampling. Poisson regression was used to determine the influence of cloud computing adoption on the number of realized benefits to health service delivery. RESULTS Among 80 respondents, Cloud computing had been adopted by 42 (53%) while Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service implementations were at 100%, 0% and 5% among adopters, respectively. Overall, those who had adopted cloud computing realized a significantly higher number of benefits to health service delivery compared to those who had not (Incident-rate ratio (IRR) =1.93, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) [1.36-2.72]). A significantly higher number of benefits was realized by those who had implemented Infrastructure-as-a-Service alongside Software-as-a-Service (IRR = 2.22, 95% CI [1.15-4.29]) and those who had implemented Software-as-a-Service only (IRR = 1.89, 95% CI [1.33-2.70]) compared to non-adopters. We observed similar results in the stratified analysis looking at economic, operational, and functional benefits to health service delivery. CONCLUSION Cloud computing resulted in improved health service delivery with these benefits still being realized irrespective of the service implementation model deployed. The findings buttress the need for healthcare institutions to adopt cloud computing and integrate it in their operations in order to improve health service delivery.
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- Billy Ogwel
- Department of Information Science and InformaticsRongo UniversityMigoriKenya
- Department of Global Health Protection, Kenya Medical Research Institute‐ Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI‐CGHR)KisumuKenya
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- Department of ComputingUnited States International UniversityNairobiKenya
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- Department of Information Science and InformaticsRongo UniversityMigoriKenya
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- Department of Global Health Protection, Kenya Medical Research Institute‐ Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI‐CGHR)KisumuKenya
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van de Wetering R, Versendaal J. Information Technology Ambidexterity, Digital Dynamic Capability, and Knowledge Processes as Enablers of Patient Agility: Empirical Study. JMIRX MED 2021; 2:e32336. [PMID: 37725556 PMCID: PMC10414313 DOI: 10.2196/32336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a limited understanding of information technology's (IT) role as an enabler of patient agility and the department's ability to respond to patients' needs and wishes adequately. OBJECTIVE This study aims to contribute to the insights of the validity of the hypothesized relationship among IT resources, practices and capabilities, and hospital departments' knowledge processes, and the department's ability to adequately sense and respond to patient needs and wishes (ie, patient agility). METHODS This study conveniently sampled data from 107 clinical hospital departments in the Netherlands and used structural equation modeling for model assessment. RESULTS IT ambidexterity positively enhanced the development of a digital dynamic capability (β=.69; t4999=13.43; P<.001). Likewise, IT ambidexterity also positively impacted the hospital department's knowledge processes (β=.32; t4999=2.85; P=.005). Both digital dynamic capability (β=.36; t4999=3.95; P<.001) and knowledge processes positively influenced patient agility (β=.33; t4999=3.23; P=.001). CONCLUSIONS IT ambidexterity promotes taking advantage of IT resources and experiments to reshape patient services and enhance patient agility.
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- Rogier van de Wetering
- Department of Information Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands
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- Department of Information Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands
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Cloud-Based Business Process Security Risk Management: A Systematic Review, Taxonomy, and Future Directions. COMPUTERS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/computers10120160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Despite the attractive benefits of cloud-based business processes, security issues, cloud attacks, and privacy are some of the challenges that prevent many organizations from using this technology. This review seeks to know the level of integration of security risk management process at each phase of the Business Process Life Cycle (BPLC) for securing cloud-based business processes; usage of an existing risk analysis technique as the basis of risk assessment model, usage of security risk standard, and the classification of cloud security risks in a cloud-based business process. In light of these objectives, this study presented an exhaustive review of the current state-of-the-art methodology for managing cloud-based business process security risk. Eleven electronic databases (ACM, IEEE, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Springer, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, IEEE cloud computing Conference, ICSE conference, COMPSAC conference, ICCSA conference, Computer Standards and Interfaces Journal) were used for the selected publications. A total of 1243 articles were found. After using the selection criteria, 93 articles were selected, while 17 articles were found eligible for in-depth evaluation. For the results of the business process lifecycle evaluation, 17% of the approaches integrated security risk management into one of the phases of the business process, while others did not. For the influence of the results of the domain assessment of risk management, three key indicators (domain applicability, use of existing risk management techniques, and integration of risk standards) were used to substantiate our findings. The evaluation result of domain applicability showed that 53% of the approaches had been testing run in real-time, thereby making these works reusable. The result of the usage of existing risk analysis showed that 52.9% of the authors implemented their work using existing risk analysis techniques while 29.4% of the authors partially integrated security risk standards into their work. Based on these findings and results, security risk management, the usage of existing security risk management techniques, and security risk standards should be integrated with business process phases to protect against security issues in cloud services.
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Alipour J, Mehdipour Y, Karimi A, Sharifian R. Affecting factors of cloud computing adoption in public hospitals affiliated with Zahedan University of Medical Sciences: A cross-sectional study in the Southeast of Iran. Digit Health 2021; 7:20552076211033428. [PMID: 34777850 PMCID: PMC8580485 DOI: 10.1177/20552076211033428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective Health care organizations require cloud computing to remain efficient and
cost-effective, and provide high-quality health care services. Adoption of
this technology by users plays a critical role in the success of its
application. This study aimed to determine factors affecting cloud computing
adoption in public hospitals affiliated with Zahedan University of Medical
Sciences. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study was performed in 2017. The
study population comprised information technology and hospital information
system authorities and hospital information system users. The sample
consisted of 573 participants. The data were collected using a questionnaire
and analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software using
descriptive and analytical statistics. Results The mean score of environmental, human, organizational, technological, and
intention dimensions of cloud computing adoption was 3.39 ± 0.81,
3.27 ± 0.63, 3.19 ± 0.71, 3 ± 0.43, and 3.55 ± 1.10, respectively.
Furthermore, a significant positive relationship was found between intention
of cloud computing adoption and environmental (R = 0.521,
p = 0.000), organizational (R = 0.426,
p = 0.000), human (R = 0.492,
p = 0.000), and technological dimensions
(R = 0.157, p = 0.000). Conclusions Benefits of cloud computing adoption, relative advantage, and competitive
pressure were identified as the most influential factors in accepting cloud
computing. Simplifying the users’ understanding of this technology and its
application, improving the staff's technical capabilities, promoting
executive managers’ understanding of the nature and functions of cloud
computing, and fully supporting and increasing governmental mandates for
adoption of new technologies are necessary for facilitating the adoption of
cloud computing in given hospitals.
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- Jahanpour Alipour
- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.,Health Information Technology Department, Paramedical School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Health Information Technology Department, Torbat Heydarieh University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Health Human Resources Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.,School of Management & Medical Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Damali U, Kocakulah M, Ozkul AS. Investigation of Cloud ERP Adoption in the Healthcare Industry Through Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) Framework. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATICS 2021. [DOI: 10.4018/ijhisi.289463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is an accelerated migration from on-premise ERP to Cloud ERP systems in many industries, but this transition is relatively slow in the healthcare industry. To address this concern, we developed a research model based on Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, and explored it in the healthcare industry through semi-structured interviews with IT managers and finance managers. We found noticeable differences between small-sized and large-sized healthcare organizations, as well as the perceptions of IT managers and finance managers in Cloud ERP adoption decisions. We discussed these findings, and proposed future research questions on Cloud ERP adoption in the healthcare industry.
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Gómez D, Romero J, López P, Vázquez J, Cappo C, Pinto D, Villalba C. Cloud architecture for electronic health record systems interoperability. Technol Health Care 2021; 30:551-564. [PMID: 34511519 DOI: 10.3233/thc-212806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are built using different data representation and information models, which makes difficult achieving information exchange. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to propose a scalable architecture that allows the integration of information from different EHR systems. METHODS A cloud-based EHR interoperable architecture is proposed through the standardization and integration of patient electronic health records. The data is stored in a cloud repository with high availability features. Stakeholders can retrieve the patient EHR by requesting only to the integrated data repository. The OpenEHR two-level approach is applied according to the HL7-FHIR standards. We validated our architecture by comparing it with 5 different works (CHISTAR, ARIEN, DIRAYA, LLPHR and INEHRIS) using a set of selected axes and a scoring method. RESULTS The problem was reduced to a single point of communication between each EHR system and the integrated data repository. By combining cloud computing paradigm with selected health informatics standards, we obtained a generic and scalable architecture that complies 100% with interoperability requisites according to the evaluation framework applied. CONCLUSIONS The architecture allowed the integration of several EHR systems, adapting them with the use of standards and ensuring the availability thanks to cloud computing features.
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Big Data-Enabled Solutions Framework to Overcoming the Barriers to Circular Economy Initiatives in Healthcare Sector. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18147513. [PMID: 34299964 PMCID: PMC8305369 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ever-changing conditions and emerging new challenges affect the ability of the healthcare sector to survive with the current system, and to maintain its processes effectively. In the healthcare sector, the conservation of the natural resources is being obstructed by insufficient infrastructure for managing residual waste resulting from single-use medical materials, increased energy use, and its environmental burden. In this context, circularity and sustainability concepts have become essential in healthcare to meliorate the sector’s negative impacts on the environment. The main aim of this study is to identify the barriers related to circular economy (CE) in the healthcare sector, apply big data analytics in healthcare, and provide solutions to these barriers. The contribution of this research is the detailed examination of the current healthcare literature about CE adaptation, and a proposal for a big data-enabled solutions framework to barriers to circularity, using fuzzy best-worst Method (BWM) and fuzzy VIKOR. Based on the findings, managerial, policy, and theoretical implementations are recommended to support sustainable development initiatives in the healthcare sector.
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Mehrtak M, SeyedAlinaghi S, MohsseniPour M, Noori T, Karimi A, Shamsabadi A, Heydari M, Barzegary A, Mirzapour P, Soleymanzadeh M, Vahedi F, Mehraeen E, Dadras O. Security challenges and solutions using healthcare cloud computing. J Med Life 2021; 14:448-461. [PMID: 34621367 PMCID: PMC8485370 DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cloud computing is among the most beneficial solutions to digital problems. Security is one of the focal issues in cloud computing technology, and this study aims at investigating security issues of cloud computing and their probable solutions. A systematic review was performed using Scopus, Pubmed, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases. Once the title and abstract were evaluated, the quality of studies was assessed in order to choose the most relevant according to exclusion and inclusion criteria. Then, the full texts of studies selected were read thoroughly to extract the necessary results. According to the review, data security, availability, and integrity, as well as information confidentiality and network security, were the major challenges in cloud security. Further, data encryption, authentication, and classification, besides application programming interfaces (API), were security solutions to cloud infrastructure. Data encryption could be applied to store and retrieve data from the cloud in order to provide secure communication. Besides, several central challenges, which make the cloud security engineering process problematic, have been considered in this study.
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- Mohammad Mehrtak
- School of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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- School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Farabi Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran
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- Department of Global Health and Socioepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Industry 4.0 Applications for Medical/Healthcare Services. JOURNAL OF SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/jsan10030043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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At present, the whole world is transitioning to the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, representing the transition to digital, fully automated environments, and cyber-physical systems. Industry 4.0 comprises many different technologies and innovations, which are being implemented in many different sectors. In this review, we focus on the healthcare or medical domain, where healthcare is being revolutionized. The whole ecosystem is moving towards Healthcare 4.0, through the application of Industry 4.0 methodologies. Many technical and innovative approaches have had an impact on moving the sector towards the 4.0 paradigm. We focus on such technologies, including Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, blockchain, Cloud Computing, and Artificial Intelligence, implemented in Healthcare 4.0. In this review, we analyze and identify how their applications function, the currently available state-of-the-art technologies, solutions to current challenges, and innovative start-ups that have impacted healthcare, with regards to the Industry 4.0 paradigm.
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Do personal health concerns and trust in healthcare providers mitigate privacy concerns? Effects on patients' intention to share personal health data on electronic health records. Soc Sci Med 2021; 283:114146. [PMID: 34242891 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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RATIONALE Health digitalization raises important challenges for personal health-data management. Particularly, the advantages underlying the implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR) remain limited in many countries due to patients' privacy concerns. OBJECTIVE Drawing on the privacy calculus theory, the objective of this research is to introduce personal health concerns and trust in healthcare providers as new predictors, beyond the constituent variables of the privacy calculus model - the perceived benefits and risk. We propose and test a conceptual model that investigates simultaneously the effects of these four variables on patients' privacy concerns and intention to share personal health-data on EHR. METHOD A cross-sectional study using an on online survey was administered from December 2019 to February 2020 in France to both users and non-users of EHR. A structural equation modelling was used to assess the reliability and validity of the measurement as well as to test the research hypotheses. RESULTS The results confirm the positive effects of personal health concerns and trust in healthcare providers on (a) the intention to create an EHR and (b) to share personal health-data. In the same vein, we do not find any significant effect of patients' privacy concerns on the intention to create an EHR and intention to share personal health-data. Furthermore, the patients' perceived benefits outweigh the perceived risks for EHR using. CONCLUSIONS This research provides a more holistic understanding of patients' privacy concerns. Particularly, we highlight the key role of personal health concerns and trust in healthcare providers with the intention to create an EHR and to share personal health data. Empirical evidence underlines the importance to involve all the stakeholders in the implementation process. Findings are discussed according to existing literature and practical guidelines are suggested to the health policymakers and healthcare providers.
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Wang Q, Su M, Zhang M, Li R. Integrating Digital Technologies and Public Health to Fight Covid-19 Pandemic: Key Technologies, Applications, Challenges and Outlook of Digital Healthcare. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:6053. [PMID: 34199831 PMCID: PMC8200070 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Integration of digital technologies and public health (or digital healthcare) helps us to fight the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is the biggest public health crisis humanity has faced since the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. In order to better understand the digital healthcare, this work conducted a systematic and comprehensive review of digital healthcare, with the purpose of helping us combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper covers the background information and research overview of digital healthcare, summarizes its applications and challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally puts forward the prospects of digital healthcare. First, main concepts, key development processes, and common application scenarios of integrating digital technologies and digital healthcare were offered in the part of background information. Second, the bibliometric techniques were used to analyze the research output, geographic distribution, discipline distribution, collaboration network, and hot topics of digital healthcare before and after COVID-19 pandemic. We found that the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated research on the integration of digital technologies and healthcare. Third, application cases of China, EU and U.S using digital technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic were collected and analyzed. Among these digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 5G are most effective weapons to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications cases show that these technologies play an irreplaceable role in controlling the spread of the COVID-19. By comparing the application cases in these three regions, we contend that the key to China's success in avoiding the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is to integrate digital technologies and public health on a large scale without hesitation. Fourth, the application challenges of digital technologies in the public health field are summarized. These challenges mainly come from four aspects: data delays, data fragmentation, privacy security, and data security vulnerabilities. Finally, this study provides the future application prospects of digital healthcare. In addition, we also provide policy recommendations for other countries that use digital technology to combat COVID-19.
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- Qiang Wang
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (M.S.); (M.Z.)
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (M.S.); (M.Z.)
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Caufield JH, Sigdel D, Fu J, Choi H, Guevara-Gonzalez V, Wang D, Ping P. Cardiovascular Informatics: building a bridge to data harmony. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:732-745. [PMID: 33751044 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The search for new strategies for better understanding cardiovascular disease is a constant one, spanning multitudinous types of observations and studies. A comprehensive characterization of each disease state and its biomolecular underpinnings relies upon insights gleaned from extensive information collection of various types of data. Researchers and clinicians in cardiovascular biomedicine repeatedly face questions regarding which types of data may best answer their questions, how to integrate information from multiple datasets of various types, and how to adapt emerging advances in machine learning and/or artificial intelligence to their needs in data processing. Frequently lauded as a field with great practical and translational potential, the interface between biomedical informatics and cardiovascular medicine is challenged with staggeringly massive datasets. Successful application of computational approaches to decode these complex and gigantic amounts of information becomes an essential step toward realizing the desired benefits. In this review, we examine recent efforts to adapt informatics strategies to cardiovascular biomedical research: automated information extraction and unification of multifaceted -omics data. We discuss how and why this interdisciplinary space of Cardiovascular Informatics is particularly relevant to and supportive of current experimental and clinical research. We describe in detail how open data sources and methods can drive discovery while demanding few initial resources, an advantage afforded by widespread availability of cloud computing-driven platforms. Subsequently, we provide examples of how interoperable computational systems facilitate exploration of data from multiple sources, including both consistently-formatted structured data and unstructured data. Taken together, these approaches for achieving data harmony enable molecular phenotyping of cardiovascular (CV) diseases and unification of cardiovascular knowledge.
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- J Harry Caufield
- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Departments of Physiology at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Departments of Physiology at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Departments of Physiology at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- NHLBI Integrated Cardiovascular Data Science Training Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Departments of Physiology at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Department of Medicine (Cardiology) at UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Scalable Analytics Institute (ScAi) at UCLA School of Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Juga J, Juntunen J, Koivumäki T. Willingness to share personal health information: impact of attitudes, trust and control. RECORDS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/rmj-02-2020-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Purpose
This study aims to explicate the behavioral factors that determine willingness to share personal health data for secondary uses.
Design/methodology/approach
A theoretical model is developed and tested with structural equation modeling using survey data from Finland.
Findings
It is shown that attitude toward information sharing is the strongest factor contributing to the willingness to share personal health information (PHI). Trust and control serve as mediating factors between the attitude and willingness to share PHI.
Research limitations/implications
The measures of the model need further refinement to cover the various aspects of the behavioral concepts.
Practical implications
The model provides useful insights into the factors that affect the willingness for information sharing in health care and in other areas where personal information is distributed.
Social implications
Sharing of PHI for secondary purposes can offer social benefits through improvements in health-care performance.
Originality/value
A broad-scale empirical data gives a unique view of attitudes toward sharing of PHI in one national setting.
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Raghavan A, Demircioglu MA, Taeihagh A. Public Health Innovation through Cloud Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers and Barriers in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:E334. [PMID: 33466338 PMCID: PMC7794833 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18010334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Governments are increasingly using cloud computing to reduce cost, increase access, improve quality, and create innovations in healthcare. Existing literature is primarily based on successful examples from developed western countries, and there is a lack of similar evidence from Asia. With a population close to 4.5 billion people, Asia faces healthcare challenges that pose an immense burden on economic growth and policymaking. Cloud computing in healthcare can potentially help increase the quality of healthcare delivery and reduce the economic burden, enabling governments to address healthcare challenges effectively and within a short timeframe. Advanced Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore provide successful examples of how cloud computing can be used to develop nationwide databases of electronic health records; real-time health monitoring for the elderly population; genetic database to support advanced research and cancer treatment; telemedicine; and health cities that drive the economy through medical industry, tourism, and research. This article examines these countries and identifies the drivers and barriers of cloud adoption in healthcare and makes policy recommendations to enable successful public health innovations through cloud adoption.
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- Aarthi Raghavan
- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 259772, Singapore; (M.A.D.); (A.T.)
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Digital health eco-systems: An epochal review of practice-oriented research. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ermakova T, Fabian B, Kornacka M, Thiebes S, Sunyaev A. Security and Privacy Requirements for Cloud Computing in Healthcare. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2020. [DOI: 10.1145/3386160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cloud computing promises essential improvements in healthcare delivery performance. However, its wide adoption in healthcare is yet to be seen, one main reason being patients’ concerns for security and privacy of their sensitive medical records. These concerns can be addressed through corresponding security and privacy requirements within the system engineering process. Despite a plethora of related research, security and privacy requirements for cloud systems and services have seldomly been investigated methodically so far, whereas their individual priorities to increase the system success probability have been neglected. Against this background, this study applies a systematic requirements engineering process: First, based on a systematic literature review, an extensive initial set of security and privacy requirements is elicited. Second, an online survey based on the best-worst scaling method is designed, conducted, and evaluated to determine priorities of security and privacy requirements.
Our results show that confidentiality and integrity of medical data are ranked at the top of the hierarchy of prioritized requirements, followed by control of data use and modification, patients’ anonymity, and patients’ control of access rights. Availability, fine-grained access control, revocation of access rights, flexible access, clinicians’ anonymity, as well as usability, scalability, and efficiency of the system complete the ranking. The level of agreement among patients is rather small, but statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
The main contribution of the present research comprises the study method and results highlighting the role of strong security and privacy and excluding any trade-offs with system usability. Enabling a richer understanding of patients’ security and privacy requirements for adopting cloud computing in healthcare, these are of particular importance to researchers and practitioners interested in supporting the process of security and privacy engineering for health-cloud solutions. It further represents a supplement that can support time-intensive negotiation meetings between the requirements engineers and patients.
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- Tatiana Ermakova
- Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society 8 Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany
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- HfT Leipzig 8 Humboldt University of Berlin, Leipzig, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Gibbons RD, Alegria M, Markle S, Fuentes L, Zhang L, Carmona R, Collazos F, Wang Y, Baca-García E. Development of a computerized adaptive substance use disorder scale for screening and measurement: the CAT-SUD. Addiction 2020; 115:1382-1394. [PMID: 31943486 PMCID: PMC7292751 DOI: 10.1111/add.14938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The focus of this paper is on the improvement of substance use disorder (SUD) screening and measurement. Using a multi-dimensional item response theory model, the bifactor model, we provide a psychometric harmonization between SUD, depression, anxiety, trauma, social isolation, functional impairment and risk-taking behavior symptom domains, providing a more balanced view of SUD. The aims are to (1) develop the item-bank, (2) calibrate the item-bank using a bifactor model that includes a primary dimension and symptom-specific subdomains, (3) administer using computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and (4) validate the CAT-SUD in Spanish and English in the United States and Spain. DESIGN Item bank construction, item calibration phase, CAT-SUD validation phase. SETTING Primary care, community clinics, emergency departments and patient-to-patient referrals in Spain (Barcelona and Madrid) and the United States (Boston and Los Angeles). PARTICIPANTS/CASES Calibration phase: the CAT-SUD was developed via simulation from complete item responses in 513 participants. Validation phase: 297 participants received the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and the CAT-SUD. MEASUREMENTS A total of 252 items from five subdomains: (1) SUD, (2) psychological disorders, (3) risky behavior, (4) functional impairment and (5) social support. CAT-SUD scale scores and CIDI SUD diagnosis. FINDINGS Calibration: the bifactor model provided excellent fit to the multi-dimensional item bank; 168 items had high loadings (> 0.4 with the majority > 0.6) on the primary SUD dimension. Using an average of 11 items (four to 26), which represents a 94% reduction in respondent burden (average administration time of approximately 2 minutes), we found a correlation of 0.91 with the 168-item scale (precision of 5 points on a 100-point scale). VALIDATION strong agreement was found between the primary CAT-SUD dimension estimate and the results of a structured clinical interview. There was a 20-fold increase in the likelihood of a CIDI SUD diagnosis across the range of the CAT-SUD (AUC = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS We have developed a new approach for the screening and measurement of SUD and related severity based on multi-dimensional item response theory. The bifactor model harmonized information from mental health, trauma, social support and traditional SUD items to provide a more complete characterization of SUD. The CAT-SUD is highly predictive of a current SUD diagnosis based on a structured clinical interview, and may be predictive of the development of SUD in the future.
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- Robert D Gibbons
- Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
- Psychiatry Department, Autonoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Nguyen DC, Nguyen KD, Pathirana PN. A Mobile Cloud based IoMT Framework for Automated Health Assessment and Management. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2019:6517-6520. [PMID: 31947334 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of mobile cloud and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in automated diagnosis and health monitoring. These applications play a significant role in providing smart medical services in modern healthcare systems. In this paper, we deploy a mobile cloud-based IoMT scheme to monitor the progression of a neurological disorder using a test of motor coordination. The computing and storage capabilities of cloud server is employed to facilitate the estimation of the severity levels given by an established quantitative assessment. An Android application is used for data acquisition and communication with the cloud. Further, we integrate the proposed system with a data sharing framework in a blockchain network as an innovative solution that allows reliable data exchange among healthcare users. The experimental results show the feasibility of implementing the proposed system in a wide range of healthcare applications.
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Ruotsalainen P, Blobel B. Health Information Systems in the Digital Health Ecosystem-Problems and Solutions for Ethics, Trust and Privacy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E3006. [PMID: 32357446 PMCID: PMC7246854 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17093006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Digital health information systems (DHIS) are increasingly members of ecosystems, collecting, using and sharing a huge amount of personal health information (PHI), frequently without control and authorization through the data subject. From the data subject's perspective, there is frequently no guarantee and therefore no trust that PHI is processed ethically in Digital Health Ecosystems. This results in new ethical, privacy and trust challenges to be solved. The authors' objective is to find a combination of ethical principles, privacy and trust models, together enabling design, implementation of DHIS acting ethically, being trustworthy, and supporting the user's privacy needs. Research published in journals, conference proceedings, and standards documents is analyzed from the viewpoint of ethics, privacy and trust. In that context, systems theory and systems engineering approaches together with heuristic analysis are deployed. The ethical model proposed is a combination of consequentialism, professional medical ethics and utilitarianism. Privacy enforcement can be facilitated by defining it as health information specific contextual intellectual property right, where a service user can express their own privacy needs using computer-understandable policies. Thereby, privacy as a dynamic, indeterminate concept, and computational trust, deploys linguistic values and fuzzy mathematics. The proposed solution, combining ethical principles, privacy as intellectual property and computational trust models, shows a new way to achieve ethically acceptable, trustworthy and privacy-enabling DHIS and Digital Health Ecosystems.
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- Pekka Ruotsalainen
- Faculty for Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, 33100 Tampere, Finland
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- Medical Faculty, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Fist Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague, 12800 Prague, Czech Republic
- eHealth Competence Center Bavaria, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, 94469 Deggendorf, Germany
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Aarestrup FM, Albeyatti A, Armitage WJ, Auffray C, Augello L, Balling R, Benhabiles N, Bertolini G, Bjaalie JG, Black M, Blomberg N, Bogaert P, Bubak M, Claerhout B, Clarke L, De Meulder B, D'Errico G, Di Meglio A, Forgo N, Gans-Combe C, Gray AE, Gut I, Gyllenberg A, Hemmrich-Stanisak G, Hjorth L, Ioannidis Y, Jarmalaite S, Kel A, Kherif F, Korbel JO, Larue C, Laszlo M, Maas A, Magalhaes L, Manneh-Vangramberen I, Morley-Fletcher E, Ohmann C, Oksvold P, Oxtoby NP, Perseil I, Pezoulas V, Riess O, Riper H, Roca J, Rosenstiel P, Sabatier P, Sanz F, Tayeb M, Thomassen G, Van Bussel J, Van den Bulcke M, Van Oyen H. Towards a European health research and innovation cloud (HRIC). Genome Med 2020; 12:18. [PMID: 32075696 PMCID: PMC7029532 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-020-0713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The European Union (EU) initiative on the Digital Transformation of Health and Care (Digicare) aims to provide the conditions necessary for building a secure, flexible, and decentralized digital health infrastructure. Creating a European Health Research and Innovation Cloud (HRIC) within this environment should enable data sharing and analysis for health research across the EU, in compliance with data protection legislation while preserving the full trust of the participants. Such a HRIC should learn from and build on existing data infrastructures, integrate best practices, and focus on the concrete needs of the community in terms of technologies, governance, management, regulation, and ethics requirements. Here, we describe the vision and expected benefits of digital data sharing in health research activities and present a roadmap that fosters the opportunities while answering the challenges of implementing a HRIC. For this, we put forward five specific recommendations and action points to ensure that a European HRIC: i) is built on established standards and guidelines, providing cloud technologies through an open and decentralized infrastructure; ii) is developed and certified to the highest standards of interoperability and data security that can be trusted by all stakeholders; iii) is supported by a robust ethical and legal framework that is compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); iv) establishes a proper environment for the training of new generations of data and medical scientists; and v) stimulates research and innovation in transnational collaborations through public and private initiatives and partnerships funded by the EU through Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
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- F M Aarestrup
- Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Medicalchain, York Road, London, SQ1 7NQ, UK.,National Health Service, London, UK
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- Translation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, BS81UD, UK
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- European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine (EISBM), Vourles, France.
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- Regional Agency for Innovation & Procurement (ARIA), Welfare Services Division, Lombardy, Milan, Italy
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, Campus Belval, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- CEA, French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission, Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Ulster University, Belfast, BT15 1ED, UK
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- ELIXIR, Welcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.
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- Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Computer Science and Academic Computing Center Cyfronet, Akademia Gornizco Hutnizca University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK
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- European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine (EISBM), Vourles, France
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- Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Meyrin, Switzerland
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- University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- INSEEC School of Business & Economics, Paris, France
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- PwC, Dronning Eufemiasgate, N-0191, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Genomic Regulations, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuroimmunology Unit, The Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Athena Research & Innovation Center and University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- geneXplain GmbH, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg, Rue Louis Rech, L-3555, Dudelange, Luxembourg
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- Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Clinerion Ltd, Elisabethenanlage, 4051, Basel, Switzerland
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- European Cancer Patient Coalition, Rue de Montoyer/Montoyerstraat, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
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- Lynkeus, Via Livenza, 00198, Rome, Italy.,Public Policy Consultant, Rome, Italy
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- European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Information Technology Department, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France
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- Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, Rare Disease Center, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Department of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- French National Centre for Scientific Research, Grenoble, France
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- Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medicalchain, York Road, London, SQ1 7NQ, UK.,National Health Service, London, UK
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- Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Computer Science and Academic Computing Center Cyfronet, Akademia Gornizco Hutnizca University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland.,Sciensano, Juliette Wystmanstraat, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Akinsanya OO, Papadaki M, Sun L. Towards a maturity model for health-care cloud security (M 2HCS). INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SECURITY 2019. [DOI: 10.1108/ics-05-2019-0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel maturity model for health-care cloud security (M2HCS), which focuses on assessing cyber security in cloud-based health-care environments by incorporating the sub-domains of health-care cyber security practices and introducing health-care-specific cyber security metrics. This study aims to expand the domain of health-care cyber security maturity model by including cloud-specific aspects than is usually seen in the literature.
Design/methodology/approach
The intended use of the proposed model was demonstrated using the evaluation method – “construct validity test” as the paper’s aim was to assess the final model and the output of the valuation. The study involved a literature-based case study of a national health-care foundation trust with an overall view because the model is assessed for the entire organisation. The data were complemented by examination of hospitals’ cyber security internal processes through web-accessible documents, and identified relevant literature.
Findings
The paper provides awareness about how organisational-related challenges have been identified as a main inhibiting factor for the adoption of cloud computing in health care. Regardless of the remunerations of cloud computing, its security maturity and levels of adoption varies, especially in health care. Maturity models provide a structure towards improving an organisation’s capabilities. It suggests that although several cyber security maturity models and standards resolving specific threats exist, there is a lack of maturity models for cloud-based health-care security.
Research limitations/implications
Due to the selected research method, the research results may lack generalizability. Therefore, future research studies can investigate the propositions further. Another is that the current thresholds were determined empirically, although it worked for the case study assessment. However, to establish more realistic threshold levels, there is a need for more validation of the model using more case studies.
Practical implications
The paper includes maturity model for the assessment management and improvement of the security posture of a health-care organisation actively using cloud. For executives, it provides a detailed security assessment of the eHealth cloud to aid in decision making. For security experts, its quantitative metrics support proactive and reactive processes.
Originality/value
The paper fulfils a recognised requirement for security maturity model focussed on health-care cloud. It could be extended to resolve evolving cyber settings.
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Sadoughi F, Ali O, Erfannia L. Evaluating the factors that influence cloud technology adoption-comparative case analysis of health and non-health sectors: A systematic review. Health Informatics J 2019; 26:1363-1391. [PMID: 31608737 DOI: 10.1177/1460458219879340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cloud technology has brought great benefits to the health industry, including enabling improvement in the quality of services. The objective of this review study is to investigate the reported factors affecting the adoption of cloud in the health sector by comparing studies in the health and non-health sectors. This article is a systematized review of studies conducted in 2018. From 541 articles, 47 final articles were selected and classified into two categories: health and non-health studies; conclusions were drawn from the two sectors by comparing their effective factors. Based on the results of this review, the factors were categorized as technological, organizational, environmental, and individual. The results of this review study could be a beneficial guide to the health empirical research on cloud adoption. Individual domains have not been examined in health sector studies. Since the process of adoption of new technologies in organizations is time-consuming, due to the lack of managerial knowledge about the efficient factors, recognition of these factors by decision-makers while planning for cloud adoption becomes of great importance. The findings of this review study aim to help health decision-makers by increasing their awareness of the cloud and of the factors that impact decisions at both the organizational and individual levels.
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- American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
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Gao F, Sunyaev A. Context matters: A review of the determinant factors in the decision to adopt cloud computing in healthcare. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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eHealth Cloud Security Challenges: A Survey. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2019; 2019:7516035. [PMID: 31565209 PMCID: PMC6745146 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7516035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cloud computing is a promising technology that is expected to transform the healthcare industry. Cloud computing has many benefits like flexibility, cost and energy savings, resource sharing, and fast deployment. In this paper, we study the use of cloud computing in the healthcare industry and different cloud security and privacy challenges. The centralization of data on the cloud raises many security and privacy concerns for individuals and healthcare providers. This centralization of data (1) provides attackers with one-stop honey-pot to steal data and intercept data in-motion and (2) moves data ownership to the cloud service providers; therefore, the individuals and healthcare providers lose control over sensitive data. As a result, security, privacy, efficiency, and scalability concerns are hindering the wide adoption of the cloud technology. In this work, we found that the state-of-the art solutions address only a subset of those concerns. Thus, there is an immediate need for a holistic solution that balances all the contradicting requirements.
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Ploner N, Neurath MF, Schoenthaler M, Zielke A, Prokosch HU. Concept to gain trust for a German personal health record system using public cloud and FHIR. J Biomed Inform 2019; 95:103212. [PMID: 31112761 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although a national Personal Health Record (PHR) infrastructure was supposed to have been introduced in Germany by law in 2006 and different providers are entering the market, no system has yet been widely adopted in Germany. There is also little information available on how current technical advancements affect German patients' and physicians' trust in PHR systems. METHODS Supporting scenarios obtained from clinicians, this study proposes a concept for a German PHR system using a public cloud infrastructure, smartphone access and focusing on trust, privacy, and interoperability. In advance to an eventual implementation, a multi-center questionnaire study has been conducted to predict patients' and physicians' intention to use that system and evaluate their trust in different providers of such a system. RESULTS Our results show that both patients and physicians are highly likely to use the PHR based on the present concept. Trust in healthcare providers exceeds trust in other institutions like private companies, health insurance companies, or even governmental institutions when offering such a PHR system. CONCLUSIONS We recommend the implementation of this PHR system. To maximize patients' and physicians' trust in the system, it should be offered to patients by their healthcare provider. Further evaluation regarding its actual adoption and expected improvement in patient outcome based on the scenarios is advisable.
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- Nico Ploner
- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Unit for Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Wetterkreuz 13, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Medicine 1, Division of Gastroenterology, Pneumology and Endocrinology, Ludwig Demling Endoscopy Center of Excellence, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Urology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, Klinik für Endokrine Chirurgie, Endokrines Zentrum Stuttgart, Rosenbergstrasse 38, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Unit for Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Wetterkreuz 13, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Singh J, Mansotra V. Towards Development of an Integrated Cloud-Computing Adoption Framework — A Case of Indian School Education System. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219877019500160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Many theoretical models viz., technology acceptance model (TAM), technology–organization–environment (TOE), diffusion of innovation (DOI), and human–organization–technology-fit (HOT-fit), etc., have been developed, validated, and tested to explain the acceptance of innovative technologies by the intended end users. However, given the limitations associated with these theoretical models as well as different cloud computing adoption scenario, they may not point out to the major constructs and the variables under so-called “selective contexts” in an explicit manner. Therefore, several research studies have been undertaken to integrate more than one model to provide a holistic evaluation of the determinants of cloud computing adoption for different domains. Such studies have also been conducted for education sector as well. But, the target of these studies is mostly specific to higher education using TOE or TAM models. To solve this limitation, we propose integrated approach of TAM, TOE framework, DOI, and HOT-fit frameworks in an effort to improve predictive power of proposed resulting model and, stretching the constructs to enrich the literature and implementing the same for Indian school education system as a case study.
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- Jewan Singh
- School of Electrical Engineering, Department of IT, AMET University, Tamil Nadu, India
- School Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir Govt., India
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Construction of medical equipment-based doctor health monitoring system. J Med Syst 2019; 43:138. [PMID: 30969376 PMCID: PMC6458979 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-019-1255-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The health status of doctors has been overlooked by the society and even the doctors themselves, especially those doctors who work long hours. Their attention is always on patients, so they are more likely to ignore their own health problems. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a medical equipment-based doctor health monitoring system (hereinafter referred to as Doc-care). Doc-care can be used as a private health manager for doctors, and doctors can monitor their health indicators in real time while using medical equipment to aid diagnosis and treatment. When the doctor's health status is neglected, Doc-care can protect the doctor's health; combining with the convolutional neural network method to detect and grade the doctor's health indicators, to assess the doctor's real-time health status. After referring to the doctor's past health data in the cloud server, giving appropriate advice and predictions about the doctor's health status.
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Wang N, Xue Y, Liang H, Wang Z, Ge S. The dual roles of the government in cloud computing assimilation: an empirical study in China. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE 2019. [DOI: 10.1108/itp-01-2018-0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the government roles in cloud computing assimilation along two dimensions: government regulation and government support.Design/methodology/approachA research model was developed to depict the dual roles of government regulation and government support in cloud computing assimilation as well as the mediating effect of top management support (TMS). Using survey data collected from 376 Chinese firms that have already adopted cloud services, the authors tested the research model.FindingsThe impacts of both government regulation and government support on cloud computing assimilation are partially mediated by TMS. Government support exerts stronger impacts on TMS than government regulation.Research limitations/implicationsThis study extends the current information systems literature by highlighting the specific mechanisms through which governments influence firms’ assimilation of cloud computing.Practical implicationsGovernments in developing countries could actively allocate funds or enact policies to effectively encourage cloud computing assimilation.Originality/valueThis study would complement previous findings about government regulation, and develop a more holistic understanding about the dual roles of governments in information technology innovation assimilation.
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An Edge Computing Based Smart Healthcare Framework for Resource Management. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18124307. [PMID: 30563267 PMCID: PMC6308405 DOI: 10.3390/s18124307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The revolution in information technologies, and the spread of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city industrial systems, have fostered widespread use of smart systems. As a complex, 24/7 service, healthcare requires efficient and reliable follow-up on daily operations, service and resources. Cloud and edge computing are essential for smart and efficient healthcare systems in smart cities. Emergency departments (ED) are real-time systems with complex dynamic behavior, and they require tailored techniques to model, simulate and optimize system resources and service flow. ED issues are mainly due to resource shortage and resource assignment efficiency. In this paper, we propose a resource preservation net (RPN) framework using Petri net, integrated with custom cloud and edge computing suitable for ED systems. The proposed framework is designed to model non-consumable resources and is theoretically described and validated. RPN is applicable to a real-life scenario where key performance indicators such as patient length of stay (LoS), resource utilization rate and average patient waiting time are modeled and optimized. As the system must be reliable, efficient and secure, the use of cloud and edge computing is critical. The proposed framework is simulated, which highlights significant improvements in LoS, resource utilization and patient waiting time.
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Ali O, Shrestha A, Soar J, Wamba SF. Cloud computing-enabled healthcare opportunities, issues, and applications: A systematic review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Liu MC, Lee CC. An Investigation of Pharmacists' Acceptance of NHI-PharmaCloud in Taiwan. J Med Syst 2018; 42:213. [PMID: 30264375 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-018-1017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) is one of the most successful insurance programs in the world. The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) established the NHI-PharmaCloud as a platform to reduce medication duplication and other medication errors among the NHI-contracted facilities. The NHI-PharmaCloud can help pharmacists access patient medication information from the preceding 3 months to improve drug safety. The use of NHI-PharmaCloud can improve the quality of healthcare, but improvements cannot occur if pharmacists are unwilling to use the platform. Therefore, the main objective of our study is to investigate the factors affecting pharmacists' adoption of the NHI-PharmaCloud. This study develops a research model using theories of technology adoption, self-efficacy, and perceived risk and uses randomly distributed survey questionnaires to collect data from local pharmacists. The results show that self-efficacy, perceived usefulness, and perceived psychological risk are 3 critical factors that could affect pharmacists' willingness to use the NHI-PharmaCloud. The research results may also help NHIA to effectively promote the usage of the NHI-PharmaCloud in Taiwan. In addition, governments in other countries may refer to the results of this study when implementing their own PharmaCloud-type systems to improve drug safety.
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- Meng-Chi Liu
- National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Data Privacy Protection Based on Micro Aggregation with Dynamic Sensitive Attribute Updating. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18072307. [PMID: 30013012 PMCID: PMC6068819 DOI: 10.3390/s18072307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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With the rapid development of information technology, large-scale personal data, including those collected by sensors or IoT devices, is stored in the cloud or data centers. In some cases, the owners of the cloud or data centers need to publish the data. Therefore, how to make the best use of the data in the risk of personal information leakage has become a popular research topic. The most common method of data privacy protection is the data anonymization, which has two main problems: (1) The availability of information after clustering will be reduced, and it cannot be flexibly adjusted. (2) Most methods are static. When the data is released multiple times, it will cause personal privacy leakage. To solve the problems, this article has two contributions. The first one is to propose a new method based on micro-aggregation to complete the process of clustering. In this way, the data availability and the privacy protection can be adjusted flexibly by considering the concepts of distance and information entropy. The second contribution of this article is to propose a dynamic update mechanism that guarantees that the individual privacy is not compromised after the data has been subjected to multiple releases, and minimizes the loss of information. At the end of the article, the algorithm is simulated with real data sets. The availability and advantages of the method are demonstrated by calculating the time, the average information loss and the number of forged data.
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Gao F, Thiebes S, Sunyaev A. Rethinking the Meaning of Cloud Computing for Health Care: A Taxonomic Perspective and Future Research Directions. J Med Internet Res 2018; 20:e10041. [PMID: 29997108 PMCID: PMC6060303 DOI: 10.2196/10041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND 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 via the cloud computing paradigm (ie, cloud computing services) provide major benefits for health care. However, due to a mismatch between our conceptual understanding of cloud computing for health care and the actual phenomenon in practice, the meaningful use of it for the health care industry cannot always be ensured. Although some studies have tried to conceptualize cloud computing or interpret this phenomenon for health care settings, they have mainly relied on its interpretation in a common context or have been heavily based on a general understanding of traditional health IT artifacts, leading to an insufficient or unspecific conceptual understanding of cloud computing for health care. OBJECTIVE We aim to generate insights into the concept of cloud computing for health IT research. We propose a taxonomy that can serve as a fundamental mechanism for organizing knowledge about cloud computing services in health care organizations to gain a deepened, specific understanding of cloud computing in health care. With the taxonomy, we focus on conceptualizing the relevant properties of cloud computing for service delivery to health care organizations and highlighting their specific meanings for health care. METHODS We employed a 2-stage approach in developing a taxonomy of cloud computing services for health care organizations. We conducted a structured literature review and 24 semistructured expert interviews in stage 1, drawing on data from theory and practice. In stage 2, we applied a systematic approach and relied on data from stage 1 to develop and evaluate the taxonomy using 14 iterations. RESULTS Our taxonomy is composed of 8 dimensions and 28 characteristics that are relevant for cloud computing services in health care organizations. By applying the taxonomy to classify existing cloud computing services identified from the literature and expert interviews, which also serves as a part of the taxonomy, we identified 7 specificities of cloud computing in health care. These specificities challenge what we have learned about cloud computing in general contexts or in traditional health IT from the previous literature. The summarized specificities suggest research opportunities and exemplary research questions for future health IT research on cloud computing. CONCLUSIONS By relying on perspectives from a taxonomy for cloud computing services for health care organizations, this study provides a solid conceptual cornerstone for cloud computing in health care. Moreover, the identified specificities of cloud computing and the related future research opportunities will serve as a valuable roadmap to facilitate more research into cloud computing in health care.
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- Fangjian Gao
- Department of Information Systems, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Economics and Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Economics and Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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van Roessel I, Reumann M, Brand A. Potentials and Challenges of the Health Data Cooperative Model. Public Health Genomics 2018; 20:321-331. [PMID: 29936514 PMCID: PMC6159824 DOI: 10.1159/000489994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Currently, abundances of highly relevant health data are locked up in data silos due to decentralized storage and data protection laws. The health data cooperative (HDC) model is established to make this valuable data available for societal purposes. The aim of this study is to analyse the HDC model and its potentials and challenges. RESULTS An HDC is a health data bank. The HDC model has as core principles a cooperative approach, citizen-centredness, not-for-profit structure, data enquiry procedure, worldwide accessibility, cloud computing data storage, open source, and transparency about governance policy. HDC members have access to the HDC platform, which consists of the "core," the "app store," and the "big data." This, respectively, enables the users to collect, store, manage, and share health information, to analyse personal health data, and to conduct big data analytics. Identified potentials of the HDC model are digitization of healthcare information, citizen empowerment, knowledge benefit, patient empowerment, cloud computing data storage, and reduction in healthcare expenses. Nevertheless, there are also challenges linked with this approach, including privacy and data security, citizens' restraint, disclosure of clinical results, big data, and commercial interest. Limitations and Outlook: The results of this article are not generalizable because multiple studies with a limited number of study participants are included. Therefore, it is recommended to undertake further elaborate research on these topics among larger and various groups of individuals. Additionally, more pilots on the HDC model are required before it can be fully implemented. Moreover, when the HDC model becomes operational, further research on its performances should be undertaken.
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- Ilse van Roessel
- Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- IBM – Research, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- The United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Mählmann L, Reumann M, Evangelatos N, Brand A. Big Data for Public Health Policy-Making: Policy Empowerment. Public Health Genomics 2018; 20:312-320. [DOI: 10.1159/000486587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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