Bioinformatics and Healthcare Computing Models and Services on Grid Initiatives for Data Analysis and Management

Grid platforms serve a wide range of activities in life sciences, bioinformatics, engineering, healthcare and other industries. This paper identifies the key bioinformatics and healthcare computing models and services on grid initiatives and classifies and describes their current use in the industry. Based on what has been reported by the literature, the paper identifies eight key areas of interests and eleven models where bioinformatics and healthcare oriented services are available. The efforts of this work will assist in determining areas of interests for end-users of grid technologies and highlighting future grid studies and research toward further grid services developments.