The global healthcare cloud computing market is expected to be worth over $5.4 billion by 2017 according to a report published by MarketsandMarkets.

This report comes as cloud computing and other forms of ICT are adopted at an increasing rate in healthcare.

Cloud software was currently deployed within 4 percent of all healthcare areas in 2011 and this number is expected to rise as more funds are deployed to develop cloud platforms as a means to deliver cost-savings.