Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 8(20): 2150-2153, 2014 ISSN: 2040-7459; e-ISSN: 2040-7467 © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2014 Submitted: August 13, 2014 Accepted: September 14, 2014 Published: November 25, 2014 Corresponding Author: Maslin Masrom, Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2150 A Review of Cloud Computing Technology Solution for Healthcare System Maslin Masrom and Ailar Rahimli Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract: Previously the traditional healthcare information system that used in the healthcare sector was the paper- based and then later it was replaced by the Healthcare Information System (HIS). However the HIS was found not perform effectively because of several issues such as storage capacity, system integration, high operating cost and system maintenance. Cloud computing is a new technology that deliver the software, infrastructure and computational platform as a service over the Internet in any place and any time. This technology has been said can solve many problems of the healthcare system such as increase the storage capacity and add new capability on the existing healthcare system. Cloud computing offers cost effective, increase interoperability and accessibility, optimize resources and integrate the healthcare information systems. It becomes a solution for solving the current issues, which lead to enhance functionality and features of the healthcare information systems. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the cloud computing technology as solution for healthcare information system issues. Issues such as data transmission, data storage, cost and maintenance issues are presented and described. The implications of this study then discussed. Keywords: Cloud computing, healthcare information system, healthcare system issues INTRODUCTION In the last years, one of the technology that has been appeared and developed is a cloud computing. Cloud computing is a new technology that delivers the services over the Internet with using the computing resources and nowadays many applications are based on it. Cloud computing can be one of the best solutions for healthcare information systems issues and with the benefits of cloud computing can develop the healthcare information system. Cloud computing offer many advantages to healthcare system and also patients. With this economic condition, reducing the cost is one of the benefit that the healthcare system with using the cloud computing can achieve it. For patients, the quality of service is very important that cloud computing lead to increase the collaboration between the doctors, patients and hospital. This study presents the issues of existing healthcare information system and describe how the cloud computing can be current solution for healthcare information system. METHODOLOGY Healthcare information system issues: Healthcare system mainly contains public and personal healthcare services, research activity and teaching. Public healthcare service includes guideline for patients in consume the drugs and foods. Research and teaching activities are necessary for disease treatment. Technology helps to provide high quality medical services to the patients in the hospital (Kuziemsky et al., 2011). A healthcare information system is defined as a computer system that designed to manage the hospital’s administrative and medical information to reach effectively and efficiency performance in this job (Bamiah et al., 2012). HIS controls and manages all activities that related to information processing in the hospital to achieve high quality patients’ services (Winter and Haux, 1995). HIS has several benefits to the hospital (Mohd and Mohamad, 2005), but in the same time they have many the challenges and issues in implementation stage (Boonstra and Broekhuis, 2010). Software and hardware cost, complexity and inflexibility issues of the healthcare system have raised and need the low cost technology, cloud computing help to develop and solve the healthcare issues. It brings significant benefits to healthcare information system (Fern'ndez et al., 2012). By using the cloud computing in the healthcare information system, various healthcare issues can be solve such as: cost, integration system, storage and optimizing resources (Ahuja et al., 2012; Bamiah et al., 2012). The existing healthcare issues are as below (Boonstra and Broekhuis, 2010; Chowdhary et al., 2011).