Abstract
Mobile Cloud Computing is a significant technology which combines emerging domains such as mobile computing and cloud computing which has conducted to the development of one of the most IT industry challenging and innovative trend. This is still at the early stage of development but its main characteristics, advantages and range of services which are provided by an internet-based cluster system have a strong impact on the process of developing telemedicine solutions for overcoming the wide challenges the medical system is confronting with. Mobile Cloud integrates cloud computing into the mobile environment and has the advantage of overcoming obstacles related to performance (e.g. battery life, storage, and bandwidth), environment (e.g. heterogeneity, scalability, availability) and security (e.g. reliability and privacy) which are commonly present at mobile computing level. In this paper, I will present a comprehensive overview on mobile cloud computing including definitions, services and the use of this technology for developing telemedicine application.Keywords: Telemedicine, Healthcare, Mobile Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Service, Smartphone1IntroductionMobile Cloud Computing is one of the emerging technologies which now represent a reality and a low-cost computing power resource which has gained popularity among all business categories, especially medium and small size, governmental or medical organizations, as more people are realizing the power and benefits of cloud environments.Mobile technology has expanded dramatically in the last decades all around the world. Along with the adoption and development of 3G and 4G technologies, these advancements have had a huge impact on the growth of mobile markets. Utilization of different devices, especially smartphones and tablets has considerably improved fields like communications, medicine, commerce, media and entertainment. Their emergence has improved service delivery, empowered consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs and has changed the way in which people access information and makes transactions. [1] Now, this technology is used to alter how healthcare services are delivered, the quality of the patient experience and furthermore, the cost of healthcare. Mobile technology is helping patients with their chronic disease management, extending service to rural areas and more than that, it is improving health outcomes and the growth of medical system efficiency.Mobile phones as a service platform can provide several societal, medical, educational, business and governmental services. Further developments will also allow mobile devices with unique features that can sense the environment and physiological parameters to enhance quality of life and remote monitoring of patients. [2] On the other side, mobile devices are being characterized by having limitations in what concerns their computational capacity and also, power and resource consumption. Based on this assumption, mobile cloud computing could be considered a solution and more than that, an unlimited resource that can be accessed anytime and anywhere all over the world, by anyone.The healthcare industry is in a period of accelerating change that requires continual innovation. The chronic disease epidemic, changing population demographics and advancements in medical technologies are key contributors to escalating costs. [3] The need of change is continuously growing and requesting a more complex and higher quality of medical care services delivered to patients. Hospitals management and also physicians need to adopt new strategies in order to increase the flexibility of medical care providers and in the same time to demonstrate an increase in what concerns healthcare provided value. In order to reach this target, a transformation from institution-centered, data-poor systems to patientcentered, information-rich health systems is definitely needed.2 Theoretical frameworksCloud computing offers new and flexible ways to provision, manage and pay for technology resources. …
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Mobile Cloud Computing for Telemedicine SolutionsMobile Cloud Computing is a significant technology which combines emerging domains such as mobile computing and cloud computing which has conducted to the development of one of the most IT industry challenging and innovative trend
New strategies in order to increase the flexibility of medical care providers and in the same time to demonstrate an increase in what concerns healthcare provided value
Some of the main advantages offered by mobile cloud computing technology are illustrated in Table 1 as follows [12]: Table 1
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Mobile Cloud Computing is a significant technology which combines emerging domains such as mobile computing and cloud computing which has conducted to the development of one of the most IT industry challenging and innovative trend. Utilization of different devices, especially smartphones and tablets has considerably improved fields like communications, medicine, commerce, media and entertainment Their emergence has improved service delivery, empowered consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs and has changed the way in which people access information and makes transactions. A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service’s provider. This is a critical aspect of a complete cloud environment due to the fact that inefficient business logics, a continuous and unlimited demand for a private cloud within different organizations can quickly lead to an exceed in what concerns cloud it’s capacity allocation and supply. There are four sumer collaboration and enables organizations basic models of cloud services which are illusto focus on differentiating activities as distinct trated in Figure 1 as follows [6]: Cloud Computing Services
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