e-health cloud: Opportunities and challenges

Future Internet

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-645

  AbuKhousa, Eman ^a   Mohamed, Nader ^a   Al Jaroodi, Jameela ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; E health cloud; Health information technology; Healthcare services; Privacy; Security

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SECURITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS;

CLOUD-COMPUTING; E HEALTH; E-HEALTH CLOUD; EHEALTH; HEALTH CLOUDS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; PRIVACY; SECURITY;

EHEALTH;

EID: 85016097744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19995903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/fi4030621     Document Type: Review

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