Making healthcare green : the role of Cloud, green IT, and data science to reduce healthcare costs and combat climate change /: the role of Cloud, green IT, and data science to reduce healthcare costs and combat climate change. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nina S. Godbole, John P. Lamb.
• Authors: Godbole, Nina S; Lamb, John P
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Healthcare and Green IT: The Duo of Emerging Importance; The Message from Our Book; Readers for Whom the Book Is Intended; Themes Addressed and the Structure of the Book; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Healthcare: An Emerging Domain and Its Global Importance; The Healthcare Domain in the Global Context; The Healthcare Industry: An Overview; The Healthcare Industry: The Challenges; Healthcare and Green IT; Green Healthcare: Its Importance for our Planet. The Greening of Health from a Transportation Point of ViewThe Greening of Health from the Energy Operations Point of View; Green Building for the Greening of Health; Chapter Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 2: The Role of Data Science and Data Analytics in Healthcare; Data Science and Big Data; The Relation Between Cloud and Big Data; An Overview of "Analytics" and Healthcare Data Complexity; The Role of Data Analytics in Healthcare; Leveraging Big Data to the Benefit of Healthcare; Using Green IT and Data Science to Make Healthcare Green; Implement Efficient Applications and Deduplicate Data. Six Sigma to Help Make Healthcare GreenChapter Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 3: Healthcare and Green IT; The GREEN Context for Healthcare (IT and non-IT); Mobile Devices and Telemedicine in Healthcare Domain; Exhibit 3.1: EMR and HER: The Two Related but Different Things; Exhibit 3.2: "mHealth" and Mobile Devices in Healthcare: The World Is Changing; Healthcare and the Benefits of Telemedicine and Mobile Medicine; The Barriers in the Use of Telemedicine and Mobile Healthcare; The IT Infrastructure of Telemedicine; The Greening of Healthcare: Telemedicine and Green IT. Telemedicine Practices and mHealth Services in Developing Countries: The Indian ScenarioTelemedicine in Healthcare: The Challenges; Green Healthcare and the Role of Virtualization in Green IT; The Concepts of Consolidation and Virtualization; Consolidation: A Key in Energy Efficiency; Virtualization: The Greenest of Technologies; Server Virtualization; Partitioning; Other Virtualization Techniques; Chapter Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 4: Using Data Science to Make Healthcare Green; Implementing Efficient Applications and Deduplicating Data. Using Data Mining to Establish the Applicable New Technologies to Significantly Make Health GreenFuel Cells for Data-Center Electricity; Other Emerging Green Technologies for the Data Center; Adopting Data Analytics to Help Make Healthcare Green; Six Sigma Approach to Help Make Healthcare Green; Define the Opportunities and Problems (Diagnose); Measure (You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure); Analyze IT Infrastructure with Energy-Efficient Cooling; Improve (Virtualize IT Devices -- Use Cloud When Feasible); Control (Continue to Measure and Manage and Upgrade as Necessary).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.433621; Energy; Medical care -- Cost control; Green technology; Sustainable buildings; Climate change mitigation; Renewable energy sources; Health care management; Medical records -- Data processing; Big data; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Climate change mitigation; Green technology; Medical care -- Cost control; Sustainable buildings; Medical -- Administration; Medical -- General; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Computer Industry; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Health economics; Medical equipment & techniques; Business mathematics & systems; Energy technology & engineering; Health & safety aspects of IT; Science -- Energy; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319790695; 3319790692
• Related ISBNs: 9783319790688; 3319790684
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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