%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Mmako, Mathabatha Johannes %A Alfred Thaga Kgopa, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa %D 2023 %J Health Informatics: An International Journal (HIIJ) %K Cloud computing e-health guidelines health hospitals migration rural %N 3 %P 1-12 %T The Proposed Guidelines for Cloud Computing Migration for South African Rural Hospitals %V 12 %X It is now overdue for the hospitals in South African rural areas to implement cloud computing technologies in order to access patient data quickly in an emergency. Sometimes medical practitioners take time to attend patients due to the unavailability of kept records, leading to either a loss of time or the reassembling of processes to recapture lost patient files. However, there are few studies that highlight challenges faced by rural hospitals but they do not recommend strategies on how they can migrate to cloud computing. The purpose of this paper was to review recent papers about the critical factors that influence South African hospitals in adopting cloud computing. The contribution of the study is to lay out the importance of cloud computing in the health sectors and to suggest guidelines that South African rural hospitals can follow in order to successfully relocate into cloud computing.The existing literature revealed that Hospitals may enhance their record-keeping procedures and conduct business more effectively with the help of the cloud computing. In conclusion, if hospitals in South African rural areas is to fully benefit from cloud-based records management systems, challenges relating to data storage, privacy, security, and the digital divide must be overcome.

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {It is now overdue for the hospitals in South African rural areas to implement cloud computing technologies in order to access patient data quickly in an emergency. Sometimes medical practitioners take time to attend patients due to the unavailability of kept records, leading to either a loss of time or the reassembling of processes to recapture lost patient files. However, there are few studies that highlight challenges faced by rural hospitals but they do not recommend strategies on how they can migrate to cloud computing. The purpose of this paper was to review recent papers about the critical factors that influence South African hospitals in adopting cloud computing. The contribution of the study is to lay out the importance of cloud computing in the health sectors and to suggest guidelines that South African rural hospitals can follow in order to successfully relocate into cloud computing.The existing literature revealed that Hospitals may enhance their record-keeping procedures and conduct business more effectively with the help of the cloud computing. In conclusion, if hospitals in South African rural areas is to fully benefit from cloud-based records management systems, challenges relating to data storage, privacy, security, and the digital divide must be overcome.}, added-at = {2023-09-22T15:14:19.000+0200}, author = {Mmako, Mathabatha Johannes and {Alfred Thaga Kgopa, Tshwane University of Technology}, South Africa}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21a115c1e9a0b02073276ac6e710a5270/jeffrenna}, interhash = {f37a2bc90806900eae9677ae8c3541a4}, intrahash = {1a115c1e9a0b02073276ac6e710a5270}, journal = {Health Informatics: An International Journal (HIIJ)}, keywords = {Cloud computing e-health guidelines health hospitals migration rural}, month = {august}, number = 3, pages = {1-12}, timestamp = {2023-09-22T15:14:19.000+0200}, title = {The Proposed Guidelines for Cloud Computing Migration for South African Rural Hospitals}, volume = 12, year = 2023 }