J Med Internet Res. 2011 Jul-Sep; 13(3): e67. Published online 2011 Sep 21. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1867
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Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud Computing to Improve Health Care Services Monitoring Editor: Gunther Eysenbach Reviewed by Peter Mork, Eizen Kimura, Carl Reynolds, and Feipei Lai Alex Mu-Hsing Kuo, PhD 1 1 School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Alex Mu-Hsing Kuo, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P5, Canada, Phone: 1 250 4724300, Fax: 1 250 4724751, Email:
[email protected]. Corresponding author. Received 2011 Jun 10; Revisions requested 2011 Jul 2; Revised 2011 Aug 10; Accepted 2011 Aug 25. Copyright ©Alex Mu-Hsing Kuo. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 21.09.2011. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract
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Introduction
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Cloud Computing: A New Economic Computing Model
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Status and Adoption of Cloud Computing in Health Care
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Health Cloud Computing Opportunities and Challenges
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Table 1
Management Aspect Opportunity
Challenges
Technology Aspect Opportunity
Challenges
Security Aspect Opportunity
Challenges
Legal Aspect Opportunity
Challenges
Cloud Computing Strategic Planning
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Stage 1: Identification
Stage 2: Evaluation
Table 2
Stage 3: Action
Step 1: Determine the Cloud Service and Deployment Model
Step 2: Compare Different Cloud Providers
Step 3: Obtain Assurance From Selected Cloud Provider
Step 4: Consider Future Data Migration
Step 5: Start a Pilot Implementation
Stage 4: Follow-up
Discussion and Conclusion
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Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Footnotes
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Conflicts of Interest: None declared
References
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