By streamlining workflows at the point of care and enabling secure real-time and rapid transfer of patient data across the healthcare delivery organization (HDO) network, mobile devices offer opportunities to increase clinician workflow efficiency, user satisfaction, teamwork and communication. However, accompanying the benefits of clinical mobility are concerns related to data privacy, security, and proper authentication, which can make it difficult to efficiently manage shared mobile devices as they are exchanged between clinical users. Measures that enhance security can often impede usability and adoption, such that HDOs may struggle to optimize their investments in mobile technology. In this study, the authors gathered information regarding the perceptions in US HDOs on the perceived value, utilization, and management challenges of a clinical mobile devices fleet.
