A popular topic for hospitals right now is whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets for staffcommunications and patient alerts. “Bring your own device” (BYOD) is a challenging issue because it encompasses so manyquestions related to an organization’s costs, security risks, IT availability, and the varying needs of different groups of staff.There is no one-size-fits all answer, and the landscape is changing rapidly as mobile strategies in healthcare mature.
Surveyparticipants were from hospitals of all sizes across North America and included leaders in the executive suite, IT andtelecommunications departments, as well as clinical and administrative staff. Evolving staff workflows, different facilityinfrastructures, and unequal risk tolerance mean that there is still a lot of variation across the industry.
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