The document discusses how cloud computing can impact the healthcare industry. It defines cloud computing and explores its benefits, including increased efficiency and cost savings. The document also examines some challenges to cloud computing in healthcare, such as security and legal issues, and looks at future prospects like improved data sharing and patient care. Westmead Public Hospital is used as a case study for how cloud computing can provide returns on investment and streamline operations in a healthcare organization.

1. Healthcare Industry: My
industry
• Introduction
• Definition

2. Cloud Computing
 Definition
 Description
 Characteristics
 Relevance

4. Benefits of Cloud Computing

6. Report
 Impact of technology
 Challenges
 Future Prospects
 Conclusion

7. Impact of the technology
 Secure way for global search
 Changes in how the organization functions
 Technology or organizational growth
 Legal impact on the industry

8. Name of the Organization: Westmead
Public Hospital
 Return on Investment
 Increase Competitive Advantage
 Provide Customer Convenience
 Demand from Suppliers and Customers
 Streamlining of operations

9. Westmead Hospital

10. Challenges
 Legal issues
 Security Issues
 Management issues
 Technology Aspects

11. Future Prospects
 Creating the agility for health providers and insurers
 Providing health care anywhere in the world through secure data sharing
 Shifting of chronic healthcare to better patient care

12. Conclusion

13. Bibilography
 Bibliography
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