title: Hitting the ground running: Healthgrid deployment and adoption.
abstract: We consider the issues of healthgrid development, deployment and adoption in health care and research environments. While healthgrid technology could be deployed to support advanced medical research, we are not seeing its wide adoption. Understanding why this technology is not being exploited is one purpose of this paper. We do so in light of the seminal Healthgrid White Paper and the SHARE roadmap. We also address barriers to adoption and successes by presenting experiences in North America and Europe. By critically appraising where we are, we hope that we can hit the ground running in the near future.
authors.affiliation: I-THINK Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada. femida.gwadry-sridhar@lhsc.on.ca
authors.forename: Femida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gwadry-Sridhar
authors.forename: Silvia D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Olabarriaga
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Kampen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Solomonides
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D008490:Medical Informatics