Authors: Anant Bhadoria
Abstract: Cloud-native applications represent a transformative approach to designing and deploying software applications, leveraging the scalability, flexibility, and resilience of cloud computing. In healthcare IT, cloud-native technologies have emerged as a pivotal enabler for advancing digital health, improving patient care, and facilitating innovative research and clinical workflows. This paradigm employs containerization, microservices, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), and dynamic orchestration to develop applications that can seamlessly handle the complex demands of healthcare environments. Cloud-native solutions provide healthcare organizations with the ability to efficiently manage large volumes of data from electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging, genomics, and patient monitoring devices. These applications can adapt rapidly to evolving healthcare regulations and standards, ensuring compliance with data privacy and security requirements while supporting interoperability. Additionally, cloud-native architectures empower telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and AI-driven diagnostics, which are essential to modernizing healthcare delivery. The distributed nature of cloud services reduces infrastructure costs, improves accessibility, and ensures business continuity during critical situations. However, challenges such as data security, integration with legacy systems, and the need for standardized healthcare data models remain significant. This article explores the role and significance of cloud-native applications in healthcare IT, focusing on their architecture, benefits, challenges, and future prospects in transforming healthcare systems worldwide.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16980603
