Can cloud computing benefit health services?-A SWOT analysis

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2011, Pages 379-383

  Kuo, Mu Hsing ^a   Kushniruk, Andre ^a   Borycki, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud Computing; Electronic Health Record; Healthcare; SWOT

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

COMPUTING MODEL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH SERVICES; OPPORTUNITIES AND THREAT (SWOT); SWOT; SWOT ANALYSIS;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 83055181717     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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