SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING A MASTER’S THESIS ON CLOUD COMPUTING FRAMEWORK OF RESOURCE SHARING FOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION IN ETHIOPIA BY: SIDRAK HABTEMARIAM TEREDDA JANUARY, 2018 i SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING A MASTER’S THESIS ON CLOUD COMPUTING FRAMEWORK OF RESOURCE SHARING FOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION IN ETHIOPIA THIS THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BY: SIDRAK HABTEMARIAM TEREDDA JANUARY, 2018 ii DECLARATION This thesis contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. To present reliable data and information reasonable efforts have been made, but for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use the researchers cannot assume responsibility. 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Sidrak Habtemariam Teredda ______________________________ Signature Dr. Ravindra Babu (PhD) ______________________________ Signature iii SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING BY: SIDRAK HABTEMARIAM TEREDDA Name and Signature of Members of the Examination Board Dr. Ravindra Babu (PhD) ____________________________________ Advisor Signature ____________________________ ____________________________________ Internal Examiner’s Name Signature ______________________________ ____________________________________ External Examiner’s Name Signature ______________________________ ____________________________________ Chairperson’s Name Signature iv Acknowledgement All that we know is a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both formally and informally. I am forever indebted to the countless outstanding men and women who, by their commitment and dedication to becoming the best they could be, have inspired me to do the same. First and above of all, I would like to thank the almighty God for giving me this wonderful opportunity and helping me in every way of my success. And by the help of several people this thesis has reached to this position. I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Ravindra Babu for his continuous and constructive reviews of this work. I also would like to thank Dr. Anandraj for his advice and all dedicated help to the completion of this thesis. Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends who support me in different ways. Thank you, all my classmates, for your knowledge sharing experiences. I would like to thank everyone at the ASTU, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Department of Computing, who has encouraged and assisted me throughout the work of this thesis. i Abstract Information technology in the delivery of healthcare is to enhance the availability and reliability of improved healthcare services. Cloud computing has been identified generally as the next big deal in computing infrastructure and it offers some benefits by allowing to use infrastructures like networks, storages, and servers, platforms like operating systems and middleware services and software such as application programs. Healthcare professionals do not always have all the information they require and at the time when it is most needed to make rapid patient-care decisions. Also, healthcare services are still being provided using manual tools and technologies. The adoption of current technologies such as cloud computing provides an avenue to overcome these challenges. Resource sharing is a mode of operation which consists of various collaborative activities between resource centers and other concerned bodies. So currently, there are many promising improvements such as collaborative methods to electronic repositories, electronic interactions, establishing content consortiums and other practical experiences for resource sharing purpose. The research finding shows that cloud computing is the better information communication technology utilization mechanism for healthcare centers and service delivery requirements, for it enables wise and strategic use of technology which significantly reduces cost. A rigorous analysis of the latest research on Cloud Computing as an alternative to IT provision, management and resource sharing is done. It also took into account the best practices for Cloud Computing usage within different hospitals by interviewing with selected practitioners, physicians and healthcare IT professionals. This study proposes community cloud platform framework for sharing resources in the healthcare institutions. The framework helps the health workers about the health system technologies in depth. Also, analysis and comparison of some of cloud computing freely available platforms and tools were done by putting different features as comparison criteria. The prototype was implemented using OpenShift online Redhat’s platform. The prototype is very interactive and user friendly which have resource sharing and accessing portal. Hence, the system is used as a common alliance and electronic means of resource sharing, knowledge sharing, collaboration and learning center in the delivery of healthcare institutions. Key Words: ICT, Healthcare Information System, Cloud Computing, Electronic Health, Resource Sharing ii Contents Acknowledgement .......................................................................................................................... i Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. viii List of Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem ................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Purpose of the Study ........................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Objective of the Research ................................................................................................ 4 1.4.1 General objective ...................................................................................................... 4 1.4.2 Specific objective ...................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Research Questions .......................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Overview of the Methodology ......................................................................................... 5 1.7 Significance of the study .................................................................................................. 6 1.8 Scope and Limitation of the Study ................................................................................... 7 1.9 Organization of the Thesis ............................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................ 10 LITEERATURE REVIEW AND CONCUPTURAL DISCUSSION .................................... 10 2.1 Cloud Computing ........................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Cloud Computing Service Delivery and Deployment Models ............................... 11 2.1.2 Cloud Computing Enablers ..................................................................................... 14 2.1.3 Cloud Application Architecture and Design Considerations .................................. 16 2.1.4 Cloud Computing Related Terms and Technologies .............................................. 17 2.2 Cloud Computing and Healthcare .................................................................................. 18 2.2.1 Healthcare IT .......................................................................................................... 18 2.2.2 The current role of technology in healthcare .......................................................... 19 2.2.3 Challenges in the Present healthcare....................................................................... 19 iii 2.2.4 Cloud computing in the health sector ..................................................................... 21 2.2.5 Benefits of Health Care Service in the Cloud ......................................................... 22 2.2.6 Risks of health care services in the cloud ............................................................... 24 2.3 Related Works ...............................................................................................................