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

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-184

  Sultan, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; e Health; Healthcare

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

COMPUTING PARADIGM; COMPUTING SERVICES; ONLINE DELIVERY; POTENTIAL USERS; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; UTILITY COMPUTING; VIRTUAL HARDWARE; VIRTUAL SERVERS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84892178040     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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