云计算在电子健康中的新应用

摘要

We are moving into e-Health era when explosively growing health information makes how to store, exchange, manage and analyze health data cost-effectively a big challenge. As a promising strategic technology, Cloud Computing holds the potential to well address this challenge. This article introduces cloud computing, and discusses the impacts of cloud computing on eHealth. Representative Cloud platforms and emerging applications in healthcare fields are also presented.%在医疗健康信息爆炸式增长的电子健康时代,如何获取存储分析与管理医疗健康数据,并以更低的IT成本实现更加智能、更为个性化的医疗健康服务成为未来电子健康发展的重要课题.云计算作为新兴的信息技术为应对上述挑战提供了新的技术途径.对电子健康领域中基于云计算的新型电子健康应用服务进行了介绍,讨论了云计算对电子健康未来发展的趋势性影响.