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                 Pharmacies - Get Ready To Move To The Cloud  
                 Dr Titus De Silva, Consultant in pharmacy practice, quality management and food safety;
                 Dr Sam De Silva, Partner & Head of the Commercial IT & Outsourcing Group at 
                 Nabarro LLP, London and UK solicitor representative on the EU Commission Expert
                 Group on Cloud Computing Contracts
                 Correspondence to: desilvatitus1@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                           Dr Titus De Silva           Dr Sam De Silva
                  Abstract
                  Title                                                                                  models and deployment models and presents the benefits of
                  Pharmacies - Get Ready To Move To The Cloud                                            cloud computing to pharmacies. Cost considerations are
                  Author list                                                                            summarised and some cloud computing apps applicable to
                  De Silva T, De Silva S                                                                 pharmacies are described.  
                  Summary                                                                                Keywords: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, vitualization, case studies,
                  This paper traces the development of cloud computing,                                  control node, hypervisor.
                  outlines the features and how it works. It explains the delivery 
               Introduction                                                update of the company’s prescription                        Development of cloud
                                                                           database. All 8,200 stores were affected                    computing                        
               Pharmacies play an important role in the                    by the problem. Patients had to wait for
               community in which they serve. They                         several hours to get their prescriptions                    The development of cloud computing
               depend on information from numerous                         filled.1  This incident demonstrates the
                                                                                                                                       was a gradual evolution which emerged
               sources such as medical practitioners,                      vulnerability of traditional IT applications.               through a series of developments that
               vendors, patients, regulatory agencies,                                                                                 started in the 1950s with mainframe
               professional bodies, etc and also on                            Cloud computing offers numerous
                                                                                                                                                      2
                                                                           solutions to resolve such issues and                        computing.
               interactions with other healthcare
               providers to deliver the services expected                  manage the daily activities in the
               of them. For decades, information                           pharmacy in an efficient manner. Whilst                     Cloud computing adoption
               technology (IT) has provided the                            cloud computing has many benefits, such
               infrastructure to manage a diverse range                    as being faster, more cost-effective, more                  Cloud computing has experienced a
               of activities in the pharmacy. However,                     flexible and potentially more secure than                   phenomenal growth worldwide since its
               even the most robust IT solutions can                       on-site IT solutions, it also carries certain               adoption in late 1960s. Although there is
               sometimes fail. When this happens the                       contractual and legal risks. The purpose                    some variation among the different
               consequences can be disastrous for both                     of this paper is to describe the features of                forecasts on cloud computing spending
               the pharmacy and the patients who                           cloud computing as applicable to                            there is clear evidence to suggest that the
               expect a reliable service.  In August 2014,                 pharmacy practice and highlight some of                     technology is being embraced worldwide.
               Walgreen Pharmacy chain in the USA                          these key contractual and legal issues.                     According to the Gartner Worldwide IT
               with 8,200 stores encountered a major                                                                                   spending forecast, the leading indicator
               problem of database failure while                                                                                       of major technology trends, overall IT
               attempting to carry out a maintenance                                                                                   spending driven by cloud software will
                                                                                                                                       reach $3.8 trillion in 2015.3
                                             “Whilst cloud computing has many benefits . . .
                                          it also carries certain contractual and legal risks.”
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                By 2014, United States businesses            Back end                           4) Control node, which is
            were expected to spend $13bn on cloud                                                                interconnected to other
                                                        4    All the servers that respond to a user’s
            computing and managed host services.                                                                 components in the cloud 
            In the United Kingdom (UK), the growth           request are held in the back end. This              The front end interfaces with the
            has been rather sluggish. According to           typically consists of four main                     control node, allowing clients to
            TeleMarketView analysts, the UK market           components: date storage devices,                   interact with the applications and
            was only £1.2bn in 2011, a 38% increase          applications servers, computers and a               storage devices. The control node
            over the previous year. By 2015 it is            control node.                                       monitors traffic requests and services
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            expected to reach £3.9bn.                        1)  Data storage for storage and                    using a set of rules known as
                                                                 retrieval of data by clients or                 protocols. 
            Cloud computing                                      applications 
            architecture and how                                 Multiple copies of data are stored in        How it works
                                                                 the cloud for disaster recovery. Each
            cloud computing works                                type of request from the user                The working of cloud computing can be
                                                                 requires a dedicated type of server.         best explained by the way we access
            The cloud computing system has two                                                                email. We use a browser such as Google
            components: the front end and the back           2) Applications servers                          Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer to
            end. They are connected to each other                There are a number of different              access our email. The browser in our
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            through a network, usually the internet.             applications servers, each of which          computer (front end) is the interface
                                                                 can be dedicated for a different             software that communicates with the back
            Front end                                            function designed to run one                 end of the cloud through middleware.
                                                                 programme or service.                        The mail server and data storage in the
            The front end refers to the client’s                                                              back end in the cloud respond to our
            computer that is used to access the cloud        3) Computers                                     request by retrieving our emails.
            for a variety of services. The applications          A network of computers help cloud
            required to access the cloud reside in the           services in connecting through the
            front end of the cloud.                              internet and also the client network
                                                                 route. 
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             Virtualization                                   Delivery models                                   Cloud computing deployment
                                                              There are three delivery or service               models
             Cloud computing uses a technology                models.9 These are:                               There are four deployment models of
             called virtualization to maximise the                                                                                 10
                                                                                                                cloud computing. These are: 
             utilisation of resources. It refers to the           Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
             logical partitioning of the resources of a           This is the most basic level of cloud            Private cloud
             physical system consisting of a processor            services. The cloud service provider             Private clouds are operated by the
             (CPU), memory (RAM), storage (hard disk)             offers the infrastructure in the form            cloud provider exclusively for a
             and connection (network) into several                of a virtual operating system. The               specific client and are customised to
             logical virtual resources using software             CPU, memory and processing are                   meet the needs of the client. The
             called a hypervisor. Thereby, the resources          managed by the service provider. The             provider offers more flexibility in
             are pooled to serve multiple users; using            end user of information technology               meeting specific application related
             multi-tenancy enables users to be served             architects uses the infrastructure               security and privacy requirements.
             by the same physical resource. Network,              resources in the form of virtual                 Security, maintenance and upgrades
             storage and application servers can all be           machines (VMs). Examples of IaaS                 are easier to manage and provide
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             virtualized in this manner.                          applications are Amazon EC2 and                  more control over deployment and use. 
                                                                  Rackspace.  
             Features of cloud                                                                                     Public cloud
             computing                                            Platform as a Service (PaaS)                     The resources of a public cloud are
                                                                  At this level of service, the cloud              owned and operated by the cloud
             The cloud computing system has six                   service provider delivers a more                 provider for use by other companies
             attributes, three delivery models and four           comprehensive environment for                    or individuals. Payments are on a
                                   8                              developing and deploying                         pay-per-use basis. The operation
             deployment models.
                                                                  applications by the client. The client           costs on IT expenditure are reduced.
             Attributes                                           can design and implement software                Hardware is no longer a limiting
             ● On demand self-service: Resources                  applications for his/her needs using             factor and so data and storage
                are available to all users at anytime             the resources provided by the cloud              become much more flexible.
                from anywhere.                                    service provider. Salesforce.com and             However, they are less secure than
             ● Agility: Upgrades can be made and                  MS Azure are examples of PaaS                    other cloud models and are prone to
                applied across the network easily in              applications.                                    malicious attack. 
                one instance of software.                         Software as a Service (SaaS)                     Hybrid cloud
             ● Broad network access: Users can                    The provider hosts the applications              A hybrid cloud is a combination of a
                access resources from any                         necessary for the client. Client in this         private and a public cloud. Individual
                standardised devices, like a PC or                instance is only a user. The data                clouds retain their unique identities
                tablet, from any location.                        associated with the software is stored           but are bound by standardised or
             ● Resource pooling: Many users have                  in the cloud. It is delivered as an on-          proprietary technologies that enable
                access to same tools and functions at             demand service over the internet.                easy sharing of data and applications.
                the same time.                                    SaaS services can be accessed or                 The private cloud serves the
             ● Rapid elasticity: Ability to respond to            disconnected at any time based on                organisation in secured applications
                a rapid increase in the number of                 the end user’s needs. Examples of                and data hosting while having access
                users and fluctuations in demand.                 SaaS applications are Salesforce.com             to shared applications and data in
                                                                  and Google apps.                                 the public cloud. 
             ● Measured service: Resource usage
                can be automatically managed by                                                                    Community cloud
                monitoring, controlling and reporting                                                              In a community cloud many
                the usage enhancing transparency.                                                                  organisations construct and share the
                                 “Userscan accessresources from any standardised
                                   devices, like a PC or tablet, from any location.”
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               cloud architecture, policies and            regulatory standards and security              Mobility: Data is available anytime,
               compliance considerations. The              mandates.                                      anywhere and can be accessed or
               organisations have access to the                                                           recovered easily.
               same applications and data and share        How cloud computing
               the costs with the larger group.                                                           Cost reduction: Pharmacies can access
                                                           can benefit pharmacies        the latest version of pharmacy
                                                                                                          management systems as upgrades are
            Application of cloud                           Pharmacies are valuable partners in the        done by the service provider. In addition,
            computing in healthcare                        healthcare team. Efficient delivery of         pharmacies do not have to pay for
                                                           pharmaceutical products and services           hardware infrastructure or maintenance
            Healthcare organisations have been             requires an integrated and collaborative       reducing the IT budget. Claims are easily
            dealing with rapidly growing amounts of        approach. Pharmacy regulators are              handled with greater accuracy.
            electronic records and digital images to       realising the potential benefits of
            deliver more efficient patient care. Like      collaboration through health information       Sharing: More efficient patient care is
            any other service delivery operation,          exchange (HIE), which improves patient         delivered through the sharing of
            healthcare needs continuous and                safety and outcomes while lowering the         information among medical centres,
            systematic innovation to remain cost           cost. Moving to a cloud enables                general practitioners and other
            effective, efficient and timely while          organisations to utilise cloud technology      healthcare providers. Information is
            providing high quality patient care.           resources and gain major benefits.12,13        available in a timely manner and
            Accelerated growth of the healthcare           Some of the benefits are:                      healthcare providers can easily access
            sector requires a shift towards                                                               complete patient histories for effective
            information-centric core delivery models.      Security: Cloud service providers can          decision making. The sharing of a
            Hospitals and physicians need strategies       ensure data security through encryption,       patient’s information requires patient
            to enhance flexibility and achieve greater     backing up and verification of data            consent and the maintenance of
            healthcare value.11 Some of the issues         recovery using permission-based access.        confidentiality. In addition, patients have
            facing the healthcare industry are a                                                          access to their own medical history
                                                           Scalability: Cloud solutions can meet          records. 
            strong need for cost reduction while           ever-growing pharmacy data storage
            improving efficiencies and productivity, a     requirements.                                  Optimising drug therapy:               The
            need to modernise legacy applications                                                         availability of patients’ information on-
            and systems and a need to comply with                                                         line makes it possible for pharmacies to
                                                            Figure1: View of pharmacy cloud
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