Publication
Public health innovation through cloud adoption: A comparative analysis of drivers and barriers in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Date:
05-01-2021
DOI:
10.3390/IJERPH18010334
Abstract: 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 ex les 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 ex les 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.