Table 2.

Taxonomy of cloud computing services for health care organizations.

Dimension			Characteristics
Principle knowledge
	Service form	Software, platform, infrastructure
	Deployment model	Public, private, community
	Targeted cloud advantage	Scalability, elasticity, ubiquity, cost efficiency, shareability, interoperability, security
	Timeliness	Real time, not real time
How-to knowledge
	Supported task	Clinical, administrative, strategy, research
	User	Patient, medical staff, family member
	Service delivery device	Independent, adapted, specialized
	Patient data involvement	Internal, external, no involvement