Cloud Applications on allergy and airborne diseases vulnerability by Pankaj Rahi , Chandigarh University Mohali, India

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Cloud Applications on Airborne
Allergies and Asthma Diseases
Vulnerability
Pankaj Rahi1, Dr. Rohit Bajaj2, Dr. S.P. Sood3
1 Ph. D Research Scholar, Chandigarh University, Mohali (PB) India
2 Associate Professor, Chandigarh University, Mohali (PB) India
3 Head, Health Informatics, C-DAC, Mohali(PB) India

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OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
• Introduction
• Goal and Objectives
• Cloud Applications on Airborne Allergies and
Asthma Diseases Vulnerability
• Expected benefits
• References

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INTRODUCTION
• Environmental factors and air quality (out-door or indoor) are
major components playing vital role in spread and cure of
many diseases.
• Allergy and Asthma - two major diseases largely linked with
environmental factors and air-quality(indoor or outdoor).
• Approximately 20% to 30 % of total population suffers from at
least one of allergic diseases in India, out of which 15%
develop asthma (majority amongst Children of age 5-11 years -
WHO-Research 2009).
• Pollen availability in air, Pollutants increased the risk of asthma
among children and old-age people.

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INTRODUCTION
o National Health Interview Survey (NHIS 2014 CDC & American
College of AAI), 8.4 percent of US children under age 18 years
suffered from hay fever, 10% from respiratory allergies, 15.9% are
having other allergies i.e skin, food etc.
Data Analytics become more complex and critical when dealing
with Human Healthcare indices /decisions
o Sign and Symptoms, Clinical Findings and Medications
o Age-group and Body Immunity Level, Social determinants
contributing to occurrence of disease ,Health and Hygiene
components etc.
o What if … when, Environmental Factors and Air Quality
causing the diseases ??

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Environmental Factor (AQI) and
individual health
Source : Atlanta Allergy & Asthma, Georgia(http://www.atlantaallergy.com)

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Goal and Objectives
“ Improving the individual health by predicting,
preventing the airborne allergies and asthma
diseases using Cloud Computing ”
o To provide an initial preventive diagnosis to all users depending on
the symptoms (EPHR).
o To distinguish population at risk using GIS/Geographic Positioning
System (GIS/GPS) and Individual Electronic Health Record.
o To secure the personal information of allergic and asthma infected
citizens and advice consultations, alerts to Hospitals/Family
Physicians
o To define Predictive Health Analytics as a Cloud Service (PHAaaS)

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Outlining
mHealth
eHealth

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The transmission of an infection intended on the factors:
o Susceptibility of the individual (immunity level)
o Duration of exposure
o Concentration of infectious agent
o Virulence of infectious agent
o Breathing rate.
Other factors considered

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Expected benefits
• Improve Individual Health
• Green Computing
• Reduce the burden of Diseases( High-risk Groups Children
and Old age people)
• Promote Preventive Health
• PHAaaS (Predictive Health Analytics as a Service)
• Cost-effective, improve effectiveness of Health System
• Scalability for other diseases ( linked with Environmental
and Air-quality factors)

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References

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References
[20] http://www.atlantaallergy.com

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Thanks
( Please forward suggestions & queries at
pankajrahi@rediffmail.com )