Abstract—This paper focuses on the e-Healthcare application cloud-enabling characteristics as we uncover the close proximity of the new e-Healthcare architecture and the cloud environment. However there are still challenges in adaptation of a pure cloud solution for digital e-Healthcare. This paper documents those similar characteristics and the new challenges. It also introduces our adaptation architecture design for e-Healthcare Cloud Computing and Networking Solutions.

Index Terms—Cloud technology, Cloud process, Cloud-enabling e-Healthcare, e-Healthcare adaptation architecture, e-Healthcare cloud solution

Cite: Wei Liu and Eun K. Park, "e-Healthcare Cloud-Enabling Characteristics, Challenges and Adaptation Solutions," Journal of Communications, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 612-619, 2013. doi: 10.12720/jcm.8.10.612-619