Consumerization of IT and what it means for clinicians, hospitals and clinics.

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | by : Duleep

Doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators and others who work in healthcare all have one thing in common.  They are consumers.  And, like consumers everywhere, they are buying lots of cool new mobile phones, tablet computers and laptops.  Increasingly, the owners of these shiny new devices are bringing them into work and that is posing a problem for the IT professionals who are charged with maintaining the enterprise networks and data resources in our hospitals and clinics.  How are they supposed to manage the privacy and security of patient data?  What about the threat of malware or viruses that might be introduced when consumer devices connect with network resources?  What happens if one of those consumer devices stores patient or financial data and then gets lost or stolen?

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SA-HIS has a handset authenticated Android app built for hospital owners and senior managers access important financial and operational data using a smartphone.

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