Cloud computing is a relatively new form of internet data storage. Classical internet data storage uses hardware and server systems. It requires the user to buy expensive physical components that he or she then puts all of their data on. For expanding businesses this can be expensive since once the meet the capacity of their hardware they must buy more. Cloud computing is different. With cloud computing there is no hardware involved on the users part. Everything is done on the internet and all the data is stored in a "data cloud" that exists on the web. When a user needs more they can expand their service without hardware and shrink it back when they no longer need the space. The one negative of cloud computing is that if the cloud crashes and you haven't backed up your data you will loose everything.
I don't see much use for cloud computing in medicine. When it comes to people's medical health I think all professionals would agree that it is best to have hard copies on secure drives. If a hospital used cloud computing and the cloud crashed, it would be a catastrophe not to mention a legal nightmare. I think it is great for small businesses but for any large professional business cloud computing is no the way to go.
Here is a video explaining how cloud computing works.
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