Google’s recent decision to abandon its Google Health program has raised new questions about how far the healthcare industry is willing to go down the cloud computing path. The reality is that Google’s decision was not a reflection of the healthcare industry’s resistance toward cloud computing, but simply a change in Google’s corporate priorities. There is plenty of evidence that the healthcare industry is becoming more and more comfortable utilizing the cloud.
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Google's No Bellwether for Healthcare Cloud Services
Posted by: Jeffrey M. Kaplan July 8, 2011 05:00 AMGoogle’s recent decision to abandon its Google Health program has raised new questions about how far the healthcare industry is willing to go down the cloud computing path. The reality is that Google’s decision was not a reflection of the healthcare industry’s resistance toward cloud computing, but simply a change in Google’s corporate priorities. There is plenty of evidence that the healthcare industry is becoming more and more comfortable utilizing the cloud.