Making use of cloud computing for healthcare provision: Opportunities and challenges

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Highlights：

• Cloud computing has opened many possibilities for organizations that did not exist before.

• Among the new sectors that are embracing and/or exploring the cloud are healthcare providers.

• The cloud has the potential to offer huge benefits for healthcare provision but this will also depend on overcoming many challenging factors.

摘要

•Cloud computing has opened many possibilities for organizations that did not exist before.•Among the new sectors that are embracing and/or exploring the cloud are healthcare providers.•The cloud has the potential to offer huge benefits for healthcare provision but this will also depend on overcoming many challenging factors.

论文关键词：Cloud computing,Healthcare,e-Health

论文评审过程：Available online 9 January 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.12.011