The triple challenge for the healthcare industry: Sustainability, privacy, and cloud-centric regulatory compliance

2013 10th International Conference and Expo on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World, CEWIT 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Godbole, Nina S ^a   Lamb, John ^b,c  

^a IBM INDIA RESEARCH LAB   (India)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; cloud computing; green IT; healthcare; mobile computing; protected health information

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLOUD COMPUTING; EXHIBITIONS; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMPUTING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GREEN IT; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATIONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 84893738815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEWIT.2013.6713768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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